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PYTHON HAS HAD ASYNC FOR 10 YEARS -- WHY ISN'T IT MORE POPULAR?

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Despite being available for 10 years, Python's async functionality hasn't achieved widespread popularity due to limited use cases (primarily network I/O), the constraints of the Global Interpreter Lock (GIL), and the challenges of maintaining both synchronous and asynchronous APIs.