What is GIL in Python?

Hi, I want to know What is GIL

Hi richards12,

your question is answered by this link:

I hope this helps.

To admins I ask: I have noticed a pattern in the questions aksed by
richards12… what do you think?

I found it strage that these three questions were all asked by the same user:

  • What are Dict and List comprehensions?
  • What are Python’s dictionaries?
  • What is a dictionary in Python?

Source:

List of questions asked:

  • Does Python have OOps concepts?
  • Explain how to delete a file in Python?
  • Explain how you can set up the Database in Django
  • Explain Python Functions?
  • How are arguments passed by value or by reference?
  • How can we make forms in Python?
  • How can you generate random numbers in Python?
  • How do you copy an object in Python?
  • How do you debug a Python program?
  • How do you insert an object at a given index in Python?
  • How is memory managed in Python?
  • How is Python an interpreted language?
  • How to comment multiple lines in python?
  • How to create a Unicode string in Python?
  • How to install Python on Windows and set path variable?
  • How to remove leading whitespaces from a string in the Python?
  • How to remove values to a python array?
  • How to remove whitespaces from a string in Python?
  • How Will You Understand Dimensions and Measures?
  • Is Python a compiled language or an interpreted language?
  • Is Tableau software good for strategic acquisition?
  • What are decorators in Python?
  • What are Dict and List comprehensions?
  • What are functions in Python?
  • What are global, protected and private attributes in Python?
  • What are iterators in Python?
  • What are modules and packages in Python?
  • What are negative indexes and why are they used?
  • What are python modules?
  • What are Python’s dictionaries?
  • What are the applications of Python?
  • What are the common built-in data types in Python?
  • What are the different file processing modes supported by Python?
  • What are the different Tableau Products and what is the latest version of Tableau?
  • What are unittests in Python?
  • What do you mean by Python literals?
  • What is a dictionary in Python?
  • What is a dynamically typed language?
  • What is a function in Python programming?
  • What is a negative index in Python?
  • What is docstring in Python?
  • What is GIL in Python?
  • What is monkey patching?
  • What is Python?
  • What is self in Python?
  • What is slicing in Python?
  • What is swapcase function in Python?
  • What is the difference between an array and a list?
  • What is the difference between NumPy and SciPy?
  • What is the difference between Python Arrays and lists?
  • What is the difference between range & xrange?
  • What is the difference between Traditional BI Tools and Tableau?
  • What is the maximum possible length of an identifier?
  • What is the pass statement in Python?
  • What is the process of compilation and linking in python?
  • What is the usage of enumerate () function in Python?
  • What is the use of break statement?
  • What is the Use of Dual-axis? How Do You Create One?
  • What is type conversion in Python?
  • What type of language is python? Programming or scripting?
  • Which one of these is floor division?
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So many of the questions are easily answerable by searching, everytime I see “R” icon I am overcome by dread.

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The Python Global Interpreter Lock or GIL, in simple words, is a mutex (or a lock) that allows only one thread to hold the control of the Python interpreter. This means that only one thread can be in a state of execution at any point in time