GIL in the new glossary

[John J. Lee]

дамјан г. <mk at net.mail.penguinista> writes:
[...]
> Seriously, the biggest problem with GIL is in applications like mod_python,
> which is an Python extension to Apache. When Apache works in the
> multithreaded MPM (I think it was called "Worker") the GIL starts to be a
> serious bottleneck in your server performance. The GIL will lock your
> Apache threads if they happen to hit on a mod_python handled location.

But doesn't Apache also have a multi-process mode?

If not, why not use a different web server if this becomes a problem?


John