What’s New In Python 3.13
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Editor, Thomas Wouters,. This article explains the new features in Python 3.13, compared to 3.12. For full details, see the changelog. Summary – Release Highlights: Python 3.13 beta is the pre-rele...

Python will get true threading support with the removal of the GIL (Global Interpreter Lock) in 3.13 (now available in the beta as an experimental option).

The GIL has long crippled Python’s threading capabilities, but will be getting true parallelism with the implementation of PEP 703.

What are you gonna do with real threads? 🤔

  • pelya@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Yeah, there is overhead. It’s not so critical for Python, because I am using it for scripting and prototyping, and when I need performance, I rewrite critical code parts in C++.