The Practical Effects of the GVL on Scaling in Ruby

Lobsters·4 points·tuhaj·about 6 years ago·speedshop.co

MRI Ruby's Global VM Lock: frequently mislabeled, misunderstood and maligned. Does the GVL mean that Ruby has no concurrency story or CaN'T sCaLe? To understand completely, we have to dig through R...

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