Python’s asynchronous programming functionality, or async for short, allows you to write programs that get more work done by not waiting for independent tasks to finish. The asyncio library ...

How to get started using Python's asyncio. Earlier this year ... But they aren't as good as they might be, because of the GIL (the global interpreter lock), which ensures that only one thread runs at ...

However, Python 3.5 added a new feature called 'asyncio', which, when used correctly, can be excellent for writing efficient IO-bound code. For about a year, we transitioned our code to make use ...

Python is one of many languges that support ... Here is a first pass at the conversion: import asyncio async def a_function(): # some async-compatible action that takes a while def another ...

A major criticism of the Python programming language is that it can't thread across cores. The reason is because of the CPython's Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). The inability to take advantage of more ...

Python’s Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) was built with the assumption that all operations would occur on this single core. Computers, phones or micro-devices with more than one CPU simply wasn’t a ...

Python 3.13 has been released with a slight delay on the home straight. The new interactive shell aims to make development more convenient. In addition, the global interpreter lock can now be ...