The future of Python web services looks GIL-free
5 days ago
- #Python
- #Performance
- #Web Development
- Python 3.14 introduces a 'free-threaded' variant, improving performance compared to Python 3.13t.
- Benchmarks show a 20% performance drop in the free-threaded variant but with reduced memory usage.
- ASGI and WSGI applications were tested, with ASGI showing better latency for I/O-bound workloads.
- Free-threaded Python simplifies concurrency in web applications, eliminating the need for GIL workarounds.
- Memory usage is higher in free-threaded Python, but it allows better CPU utilization for CPU-bound tasks.
- The free-threaded variant could significantly improve deployment and scalability for web services.