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Raymond Hettinger, Keynote on Concurrency, PyBay 2017

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What it is

Raymond Hettinger's PyBay 2017 keynote on concurrency in Python. It covers threads, processes, asyncio, locks and the GIL, with live shell-based examples.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Recommended as a clear, charismatic starting point for understanding Python concurrency and the GIL.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 2 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “I love them, the guy is charismatic, very smart and his Python knowledge constantly impresses me.”

    Favourite talk by charismatic Python core dev

    scrollaway, 2018-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What talks or videos do you suggest to watch on a long flight?”

  2. “the best learning material for me on this was this lecture”

    Best learning material on Python concurrency for this commenter

    culebron21, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “How to use a Python multiprocessing module”

  3. “will be a great place to start if you are new to this”

    Good starting point for understanding the GIL and concurrency

    xkgt, 2019-05 · Recommendation · in “Has the Python GIL Been Slain? Subinterpreters in Python 3.8”

  4. “I really enjoyed this talk[1] by Raymond Hettinger at PyBay 2017”

    Lighter, more practical talk on the GIL

    fastball, 2021-09 · Recommendation · in “The GIL and its effects on Python multithreading”

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Topics: python, gil, threading, asyncio, raymond hettinger

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