Python handles globals badly.

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com>:

> A lot of programs don't use threads, and therefore cannot have thread
> safety problems - or, looking at it the other way, do not care about
> thread safetiness. It's like having Neil Armstrong wear water wings to
> make sure he won't drown in the Sea of Tranquility.

The water wings would be too unwieldy since they'd have to be six times
as large on the moon. It's all about risk/benefit analysis.


Marko