I don't think the GIL is stopping anyone from making awesome stuff in ruby, especially since jruby is on the scene. Are non-GIL'ed threads really that important for MRI? I want to hear your take.

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Is the GIL killing ruby?

The Web This is all from the perspective of making web services. That's all I know anything about. Terminology Every major ruby implementation allows concurrent operations using system threads. However, because of the GIL in MRI, many people say that ruby doesn't have real threads. nathanherald.tumblr.com Visit link →

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I don't think the GIL is stopping anyone from making awesome stuff in ruby, especially since jruby is on the scene. Are non-GIL'ed threads really that important for MRI?

I want to hear your take.

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