Why Python makes threads wait in line
Despite running on machines capable of doing billions of things at once, standard Python stubbornly refuses to multitask efficiently. Thanks to the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), the language fundamentally blocks multiple threads from executing code simultaneously. It is like having a massive multi-lane superhighway but forcing all the cars to merge into a single lane just to pass a toll booth.

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