Will Python 3.0 remove the global interpreter lock (GIL)

[Grant Edwards]

On 2007-09-19, Steven D'Aprano <steve at REMOVE-THIS-cybersource.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 18:09:26 -0700, TheFlyingDutchman wrote:
>
>> How much faster/slower would Greg Stein's code be on today's
>> processors versus CPython running on the processors of the
>> late 1990's? 
>
> I think a better question is, how much faster/slower would
> Stein's code be on today's processors, versus CPython being
> hand-simulated in a giant virtual machine made of clockwork?

That depends on whether you have the steam-driven model or the
water-wheel driven model.  The steam-drive one is quite a bit
faster once you get it going, but the water-wheel model has a
much shorter start-up time (though it is more weather
dependent).

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