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Explain the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) in Python. |
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A:The GIL is a mutex that protects access to Python objects, preventing multiple native threads from executing Python bytecodes simultaneously. This simplifies memory management but limits true parallelism for CPU-bound tasks in multi-threaded programs. |
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A:The GIL is a mutex that protects access to Python objects, preventing multiple native threads from executing Python bytecodes simultaneously. This simplifies memory management but limits true parallelism for CPU-bound tasks in multi-threaded programs.