Free-threaded Python is now officially supported, though using it remains optional. Here are four tips for developers getting ...

Ruby and Python's standard implementations make use of a Global Interpreter Lock. Justin James explains the major advantages and downsides of the GIL mechanism. Multithreading and parallel ...

Python apps can do a multithreading, but those threads can’t run across cores. It all happens on a single, solitary CPU, no matter how many CPUs exist in the system. Concurrency in Python. Python ...

One of Python’s longest-lived performance shortcomings is its poor use of multiple cores or processors. While Python does have threading facilities, they’re effectively limited to a single core.