Top picks for Python readers on InfoWorld Get started with the free-threaded build of Python 3.13 True multithreading in Python is here at last! Now, you just need to make it work in your programs.

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Ruby and Python's standard implementations make use of a Global Interpreter Lock. Justin James explains the major advantages and downsides of the GIL mechanism. Multithreading and parallel processing ...