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Weblog:   Python Creator Guido van Rossum now working at Google
Subject:   Good for Guido!
Date:   2005-12-22 14:21:04
From:   gstein
Response to: Good for Guido!

Yeah... I was that last person. I got rid of the GIL in Python 1.4. It introduced a lot of lock contention around other data structures. With further work, I imagine it could have been fixed, but Python is a lot more complicated nowadays. No way would I try it again.


As for whether this will be good for Python? I'd say "yes", as a significant portion of Guido's time is dedicated to working on Python. Much more than the 'day a week' at his previous employers.