Re: [Python-ideas] Exploration PEP : Concurrency for moderately massive (4 to 32 cores) multi-core architectures

Brian Granger wrote:

One of the difficulties with the actual work of removing the GIL is that it is difficult, grungy work that not many people are interested in funding.

It's not just a matter of hard work -- so far, nobody knows *how* to remove the GIL without a big loss in efficiency. Somebody is going to have to have a flash of insight, and money can't buy that. -- Greg