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		haileys on Jan 30, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ruby deploys temporarily disabled The GIL is not really a problem. There are far more pressing issues with MRI, and many core developers are working hard to solve these.

krickle on Jan 31, 2013 [–]

Like what? I thought the GIL and GC forcing COW were the largest problems bar none.

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