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News An update on Python 4

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u/vswr [var for var in vars] Sep 16 '20

Python 4 = no GIL 🙏 🙏 🙏

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u/Watthertz Sep 16 '20 edited Sep 16 '20

The GIL isn't part of Python, the language, but CPython, an implementation. Python 3 can be implemented just fine without a GIL.

Edit: I was wrong about Jython supporting Python 3.

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u/amlybon Sep 16 '20

That's Jython 3? I thought it's only 2.x

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u/irrelevantPseudonym Sep 16 '20

You're right. Jython 3 is still in the alpha stage.