94. Per-Interpreter GIL
PEP 684 per-interpreter GIL: isolated interpreter state, shared-nothing model, and module isolation requirements.
Tag
Concurrency
7 notes
92. Free-Threaded CPython
PEP 703 no-GIL build: per-object locking, biased reference counting, and the free-threaded evaluation loop.
60. `asyncio`
asyncio event loop internals, the coroutine runner, I/O selector integration, and Task scheduling.
59. `multiprocessing`
multiprocessing Process creation strategies (fork/spawn/forkserver), shared memory, and the pickle channel.
47. Threads
Python thread objects, OS thread mapping, the GIL acquisition protocol, and thread-local state management.
46. The GIL
GIL purpose, implementation in Python/ceval_gil.c, forced release intervals, and its effect on multi-core performance.
6.22 Parallel Sorting
Distribute sorting work across multiple processors to reduce wall-clock time, with analysis of total work, span, communication, and synchronization.