Wednesday 24 August 2011

Python's Global Lock

For years I've heard (and occasionally been part of) religious Perl vs Python language debates. I've always been firmly on the Python side of the fence. While I have made some great use of perl in my time, I love being able to actually re-read my code without having to decipher it first. Python has always seemed like a much easier language to work in to me.

So, given my firm stance in this debate, I'm a little shocked after seeing
Carl Karsten's video. Want to know why Ctrl-C doesn't work in threaded python apps? Why threading in python can actually slow you down? Why not all Python C bindings are not born equal? If you have even a general interest in python, I greatly recommend checking out this talk. It'll shake your faith. :)