Python's biggest compromises

[Aahz]

In article <ad02da8c.0308060705.7ff1fa4f at posting.google.com>,
enoch <enoch at gmx.net> wrote:
>anthony_barker at hotmail.com (Anthony_Barker) wrote in message news:<899f842.0307310555.56134f71 at posting.google.com>...
>> 
>> What to you think python largest compromises are?
>
>Its non existant SMP scalability.

Would you care to back up your claim with some actual evidence?

(Yes, there are issues with Python on SMP machines, but to call Python's
built-in threading "non-existent SMP scalability" is either a lie or
revelatory of near-complete ignorance.  That doesn't even count the
various IPC mechanisms.)
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