On Wednesday 19 August 2009 10:13:41 Paul Rubin wrote: > Hendrik van Rooyen <hendrik at microcorp.co.za> writes: > > Just use thread then and thread.start_new_thread. > > It just works. > > The GIL doesn't apply to threads made like that?! The GIL does apply - I was talking nonsense again. Misread the OP's intention. - Hendrik