The global interpreter lock is both a key component of the Python runtime and a major obstacle to multithreading. These are the plans to get around it or get rid of it.

Using multiprocessing and multithreading architectures together helps generate higher performance in a range of applications.

Firefox 54 Finally Supports Multithreading, May Beat Chrome on RAM Usage After eight years of work, Mozilla has released a new version of Firefox with multi-threaded browsing support.