The Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) in Python restricts multi-threaded concurrency by allowing only one thread to execute at a time, affecting CPU-bound tasks but less so for I/O-bound operations. Several workarounds exist to bypass its limitations.
The Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) in Python restricts multi-threaded concurrency by allowing only one thread to execute at a time, affecting CPU-bound tasks but less so for I/O-bound operations. Several workarounds exist to bypass its limitations.