title: Python 3.2 - GIL - good/bad?
body: <p>Python 3.2 ALPHA <a href="http://python.org/download/releases/3.2/" rel="noreferrer"><strong>is out</strong></a>.</p>
  
  <p>From the Change Log, it appears the GIL has been entirely rewritten.</p>
  
  <p>A few questions:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Is having a GIL good or bad? (and
  why).</li>
  <li>Is the new GIL better? If so, how?</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE</strong>:</p>
  
  <p>I'm fairly new to Python. So all of this is new to my but I do at least understand that the existence of a GIL with CPython is a huge deal.</p>
  
  <p>Question though, why does CPython not just clone the interpreter like Perl does in an attempt to remove the need for the GIL? </p>