[Python-Dev] Fwd: Removal of GIL through refcounting removal.

[Eric Smith]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
> No offense taken. The V8 experience makes me feel much more optimistic
> that they might actually pull this off. (I'm still skeptical about
> support for extension modules, withougt which CPython is pretty lame.)

The need to modify all extension modules is the usual non-starter I see 
mentioned when this topic comes up. The OP really needs to think about 
that issue.