An overview of the ongoing efforts to improve and roll out support for free-threaded CPython throughout the Python open source ecosystem
  • HyperCube@kbin.run
    43·
    1 year ago

    Numpy is written in C.

    So you get the best of both worlds then: the speed of C and the ease of use of Python.

    • FizzyOrange@programming.dev
      3·
      1 year ago

      Sure but that’s not relevant to the current discussion. The point is that removing the GIL doesn’t affect Numpy because Numpy is written in C.