Will multithreading make python less popular?

[MRAB]

Tim Wintle wrote:
[snip]
> Yes, we're coming to a point where we're going to have tens of cores in
> a chip, but by that time someone far cleverer than me (possibly someone
> who's on this list) will have solved that problem. The top experts in
> many fields use Python, and if they weren't able to make use of multiple
> core chips, then there wouldn't be any demand for them.
> 
Perhaps we should ask Guido who it is; after all, he's the one with the
time machine! :-)