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		sametmax on Feb 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Python Interpreter Written in Rust Yes. Actually you get one gil per interpretter, and can spawn your thread in sub interpretter. Cpython could do it, but currently can't provide much since the api to do it is only accessible from c.

FartyMcFarter on Feb 3, 2019 [–]

Doesn't CPython do this with the multiprocessing module?

https://docs.python.org/2/library/multiprocessing.html

sametmax on Feb 4, 2019 | [–]

No, this spawns several process, while sub interpretters allow you to have several of them in one single process, making data sharing much cheaper.

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