> It took decades for the to even consider starting the process of removing the GIL,
This is not true. Discussions about removing the GIL have been ongoing for decades. There were some abortive attempts over the years but it is regarded as quite the technical challenge, and has implications for compatibility with code written in C.
> which is a great example of "it's clearly broken but lets not fix it".
This is not true. Discussions about removing the GIL have been ongoing for decades. There were some abortive attempts over the years but it is regarded as quite the technical challenge, and has implications for compatibility with code written in C.
> which is a great example of "it's clearly broken but lets not fix it".
That is not the attitude of the Python community.