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> I don't have to care about threading issues all the time and
> can otherwise freely choose the right model of parallelism that suits my
> current use case when the need arises (and threads are rarely the right
> model). I'm sure that's not just me.

The sound bite of a loyal Python coder:)

If it weren't for these "useless" threads, you wouldn't have even been able
to send that message, let alone do anything on a computer for that matter.

That generalization is a "bit" broad, the argument is pointless when it mov=
es
away from a purely technical to an emotionally basis. A failure to separate=
 the
two pigeonholes the progress of the language and hides underlying constrain=
ts
which is what Armins post was trying to bring forward.

It's na=EFve to think the first crack of anything is immune to refactoring.

No one said Python doesn't have any merit and I honestly don't know a
perfect language that has no need for improvement somewhere. I am sure
however that the topic is a concern for many use cases (not all).

jlc