global interpreter lock not working as it should

[Paul Rubin]

anton wilson <anton.wilson at camotion.com> writes:
> > Quick tangential question: if there's no blocking of any kind, why are you
> > using threads, anyway? Off the cuff thinking says this seems like a misuse
> > of them.
> 
> For a real-time system. ;) It will work. It would just be nice if they 
> switched exactly every 10 byte codes becuase that means they only use about 
> 10 to 20 milliseconds each.

Maybe you want to switch to Stackless Python and use microthreads.
See www.stackless.org.