On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:26 AM, Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> wrote:
I don't think you can hide threads or concurrency. You can offer
different APIs to work with them that have different advantages and
disadvantages, but I don't think you can *hide* them any more than you
can hide language constructs like classes or sequences.

+1. Nice APIs to put padding on the sharp edges, yes. Hiding them? IMHO, usually a mistake.

lvh