Re: Does Python Need Virtual Threads? (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)

On Sat, 14 Jun 2025 04:29:07 -0700, Paul Rubin wrote:

Try using Erlang a little,  It has preemptive lightweight processes and
it is great.  Much better than async/await imho.

Those are called “threads”. Python already has those, and the ongoing
“noGIL” project will make them even more useful.

There’s a reason why the old coroutine concept was brought back (albeit in
this new “stackless” guise): because threads are not the best answer to
everything.