Python's lack of scoping makes AI-built virtual threads un-Pythonic, says mitsuhiko

mitsuhiko · x · 2026-09-06

Following up on his AI-built virtual threads experiment, mitsuhiko notes the idea gets frustrating in Python: the language's lack of scoping means each async block must introduce an interpreter frame, making the whole approach super un-Pythonic.

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