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13th July 2024

TIL Trying out free-threaded Python on macOS — Inspired by [py-free-threading.github.io](https://py-free-threading.github.io/) I decided to try out a beta of Python 3.13 with the new free-threaded mode enabled, which removes the GIL.

Posted 13th July 2024 at 12:13 am

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