An experimental ‘no-GIL’ build mode in Python 3.13 disables the Global Interpreter Lock to enable true parallel execution in Python. Here’s where to start.

The Python world has been fractured a few times before. The infamous transition from version 2 to version 3 still affects people today, and there could be a new schism in the future. [Sam Gross] pr… ...

How a GIL-free Python will work. The current proposals for a no-GIL edition of Python use a mix of techniques to make reference counting thread-safe, and leave the speed of single-threaded ...

Multithreading and Python's global interpreter lock The global interpreter lock (GIL) in Python enables the interpreter to easily and safely manage memory, or Python objects. However, the GIL causes ...