'We have flying cars and AGI, yet the Python GIL still exists'
zack_overflow · x · 2026-10-17
Developer zackoverflow quips that despite having flying cars and AGI, Python's GIL (Global Interpreter Lock) still exists — a relatable programmer joke contrasting frontier tech progress with Python's long-standing concurrency limitation.
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