[Python-Dev] Point of building without threads?

[Stefan Behnel]

Yury V. Zaytsev, 08.01.2013 10:28:
> Moreover, these days there is a clear trend towards OpenMP, so it has
> become even harder to pressure the manufacturers to fix threads, because
> they have 101 argument why you should port your code to OpenMP instead.

I can't see OpenMP being an *alternative* to threads. You can happily
acquire and release the GIL from OpenMP threads, for example.

Stefan