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Parsing JSON at tens of gigabytes per second… in Python

Python used to have limited parallelism, due to its global interpreter lock (GIL). Only one thread could run Python code at a time. Python 3.14 comes in a free-threaded version (python3.14t), without the global interpreter lock. Several threads can now run Python code at the same time.

By lemire.me via raymiiLobsters
Parsing JSON at tens of gigabytes per second… in Python

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Originally published by Lobsters on Oct 12, 2026.

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