Python Global Interpreter Lock (GIL): Understanding, Workarounds, and Parallelism

Introduction:

Python, a popular programming language known for its simplicity and versatility, employs a Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) that influences the execution of multithreaded Python programs. In this article, we delve into the intricacies of the GIL, its impact on parallelism, and strategies to work around its limitations.

Understanding the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL):

The GIL is a mutex that restricts the execution of Python bytecode to a single thread at a time within the CPython interpreter. This means that …

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