# Nogil installers on Windows

**URL:** <https://discuss.python.org/t/nogil-installers-on-windows/34049>\
**Category:** Core Development\
**Created:** [September 18, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/nogil-installers-on-windows/34049 "2023-09-18T22:47:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://discuss.python.org/t/nogil-installers-on-windows/34049/7 "2023-09-19T14:04:59Z")

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> [@gpshead](#):
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> As such, the letter `"n"` as current PEP 703 text suggests should not be used for an ABI tag. We’d prefer the letter `"t"` (read it as implying “threading” and short for “free-threading”). This needs a minor update to the [PEP 703 – Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython | peps.python.org](https://peps.python.org/pep-0703/#build-configuration-changes) section.

Great – I’ll put up a PR to update the PEP.

> [@gpshead](#):
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> A more appropriate term … is “free-threading”

While I understand the objections to “nogil”, I don’t think “free-threading” is likely to be understood by people-who-are-not-us. It’s not a common programming or computer science term. Outside of Python core development, I’ve only seen the term frequently used as part of [Microsoft’s COM](https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009899899/CHP06GDC.HTM).

> [@hugovk](#):
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> A suggestion by @bluetech in the [earlier thread](https://discuss.python.org/t/pep-703-making-the-global-interpreter-lock-optional-3-12-updates/26503/14) was “Multicore Python”:

I think this is a good name for the current efforts to improve Python’s multicore story, but doesn’t differentiate well between PEP 703 and per-interpreter GIL, which can be important in some contexts. (like build modes and ABIs). @eric.snow has been using this term [for a while now](https://github.com/ericsnowcurrently/multi-core-python).

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