[Python-Dev] Atomic instructions for reference count increment/decrement

2008-12-17 Thread Arnar Birgisson
Hi all, I'm new here, so bear with me. I tried googling this, but the closest I came up with was a post from 2000. >From the discussion about getting rid of the GIL lately, what I read from it is that reference counting is the main obstacle. My question is, why aren't hardware supported atomic in

[Python-Dev] Looking for a topic for a masters thesis

2007-03-16 Thread Arnar Birgisson
Hi all, Forgive me for the off-topic post. I'm looking for a topic for a masters thesis in the field of (programming) language theory in Computer Science - in the timeframe of 2-4 years. To combine this with my love of Python, can anyone here suggest a topic that would directly benefit Python in