Can PyPy use multiple CPUs in one process? [closed]

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There is a GIL in CPython, and I heard that PyPy does not have that problem. Is this true?

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No, PyPy still has a GIL. Jython and IronPython don't. However, there is an effort to replace it with STM, see http://pypy.org/tmdonate.html for details.