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Python ThreadPoolExecutor - The Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)

The GIL is Python's controversial mutex that allows only one thread to control the interpreter at a time. Learn why this design limits performance for CPU-bound tasks but leaves I/O-bound tasks largely unaffected.
Python ThreadPoolExecutor - The Global Interpreter Lock (GIL)
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