There are so many single-threaded GUI applications programmed in many a language that prevent interaction while some heavy data analysis is happening that I really don't care whether or not #python 's #GIL causes that for Python programs. Too many software developers out there who don't use asynchronous execution.
This morning Robert Roskam asked whether python developers would appreciate python doing away with the Global Interpreter Lock which creates some difficulties for multithreading.
Many an application I use on the daily stops us from using their screens while they're processing some data in the background. But many are programmed in languages that do allow for continued use of the GUI while running other actions. That ability just doesn't get used.
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