This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Saurav Shah
This is a submission for DEV Computer Science Challenge v24.06.12: One Byte Explainer.
Explainer
A mutex blocks access to a critical section until the current thread is done, preventing race conditions but potentially causing performance hits. The GIL in CPython restricts access to shared resources to one thread at a time, impacting multi-threading.
Additional Context
I am planning to post 5 submissions explaining "Lock/Mutex" at 5 levels of difficulty. This is Difficulty 3.
A Computer Science graduate or a software engineer might have heard and used mutex. Mutex explanation and some interesting facts is fun.
For more about explaining the term in 5 Levels of difficulty, refer to the below post. It's interesting!
Previous explanation for Difficulty 2
Cheers🎉 ~ sauravshah31
This content originally appeared on DEV Community and was authored by Saurav Shah
Saurav Shah | Sciencx (2024-06-18T19:44:32+00:00) Lock / Mutex to a software engineer (Difficulty 3). Retrieved from https://www.scien.cx/2024/06/18/lock-mutex-to-a-software-engineer-difficulty-3-2/
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