The recent release of Python 3.14 was one of the most hotly anticipated of recent years. Why?
Well, there are several enhancements to the language, but the most significant of these is the release of an official version without the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL). This opens up a whole new world of potential runtime improvements for your own code as well as third-party libraries.
In my latest piece for the Towards Data Science platform, I do a deep dive into free threading (otherwise known as GIL-free) Python. I show you how to download it, explain what the GIL does, and the ramifications of its removal.
I also provide numerous code examples comparing the run-times of regular versus GIL-free Python for different scenarios.
You can read the article for FREE using the link below.
https://towardsdatascience.com/python-3-14-and-the-end-of-the-gil/
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