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The New York Times just discovered parallel computing.
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@ct_bergstrom wait till they hear about Beowulf
@vxo @ct_bergstrom Wait'll they hear about the GIL removal in Python (so it's not effectively limited to a single core). 
Python Enhancement Proposals (PEPs)PEP 703 – Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython | peps.python.orgCPython’s global interpreter lock (“GIL”) prevents multiple threads from executing Python code at the same time. The GIL is an obstacle to using multi-core CPUs from Python efficiently. This PEP proposes adding a build configuration (--disable-gil) to...