If you enable multi-threading for Java, yes. Although they are releasing multithreading with Python 2.7 in 5 days. This statement in their optimization article for the new rules is also interesting:
Muli-threading for Python will not be available until the launch of Python 2.7, which is on our roadmap. In Python 2.7, multithreaded instances can handle more requests at a time and do not have to idly consume Instance Hour quota while waiting for blocking API requests to return. Since Python does not currently support the ability to serve more than one request at a time per instance, and to allow all developers to adjust to concurrent requests, we will be providing a 50% discount on frontend Instance Hours until November 20, 2011. The Python 2.7 is currently in the Trusted Tester phase.
I've also noticed my app's speed pick up dramatically in the past few days. Perhaps because people are leaving before the new billing takes effect.
I don't mind the GIL much because I can just make a request to get a new thread going. :)
Muli-threading for Python will not be available until the launch of Python 2.7, which is on our roadmap. In Python 2.7, multithreaded instances can handle more requests at a time and do not have to idly consume Instance Hour quota while waiting for blocking API requests to return. Since Python does not currently support the ability to serve more than one request at a time per instance, and to allow all developers to adjust to concurrent requests, we will be providing a 50% discount on frontend Instance Hours until November 20, 2011. The Python 2.7 is currently in the Trusted Tester phase.
I've also noticed my app's speed pick up dramatically in the past few days. Perhaps because people are leaving before the new billing takes effect.
I don't mind the GIL much because I can just make a request to get a new thread going. :)