global interpreter lock not working as it should

[Michael Hudson]

a-steinhoff at web.de (Armin Steinhoff) writes:

> The 'problem' is that Python threads are not fully comparable with
> system level threads. Python threads are managed (scheduled) at
> _interpreter level_!!
> 
> The important difference is that Python threads can't use e.g.
> blocking I/O calls ... a blocking I/O call used in a Python thread
> will block the whole interprete!!.

This is just not true.

Cheers,
M.

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