I find Nick arguing pretty much to the point and the quote above was ripped from it’s context which is a huge section balancing the arguments against each other.
tldr He argues there are better ways for scaling out than threads and removing the GIL would have enormous consequence _throughout_ the whole code base so it’s removal cannot be warranted.
Reducing 10 paragraphs and 11 bullet points to “only stupid people use threads” is just poor style.
tldr He argues there are better ways for scaling out than threads and removing the GIL would have enormous consequence _throughout_ the whole code base so it’s removal cannot be warranted.
Reducing 10 paragraphs and 11 bullet points to “only stupid people use threads” is just poor style.