[Python-ideas] Python 3000 TIOBE -3%

Stefan Behnel stefan_ml at behnel.de
Fri Feb 10 15:01:54 CET 2012


Yuval Greenfield, 10.02.2012 14:57:
> On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> Yuval Greenfield, 10.02.2012 11:52:
>>> GIL + Threads = Fibers
>>
>> No, that only applies (to a certain extent) to Python code being executed,
>> not to the complete runtime which includes external libraries etc.
> 
> Pure python code running in python "threads" on CPython behaves like
> fibers. I'd like to point out the word "external" in your statement.

Yes, many people forget that existing/external/yourwordinghere code in
non-Python languages is (and has always been) a substantial part of the
Python platform.

Stefan




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