What is the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) in Python and how does it affect multi-threading?

Gihin Oha

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I’ve been reading about Python’s Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) and how it impacts multi-threading. I understand that it can be a bottleneck for CPU-bound tasks, but I’m wondering how much it affects I/O-bound tasks. Should I use threading for I/O-bound operations, or is there a better way to handle concurrency in Python?

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What is the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) in Python and how does it affect multi-threading?

Gihin Oha