The Python Steering Council announced they intend to accept PEP 703, which would allow for a version of Python without the GIL.

"Short term, we add the no-GIL build as an experimental build mode, presumably in 3.13 (if it slips to 3.14, that is not a problem)."

If Python 3.13 or 3.14 allows running a version of Python without the GIL (even if it is an "experimental build mode"), this resolves to YES.

I won't bet on this market.

More details:

https://discuss.python.org/t/a-steering-council-notice-about-pep-703-making-the-global-interpreter-lock-optional-in-cpython/30474

A Steering Council notice about PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython)

Posting for the whole Steering Council, on the subject of @colesbury’s PEP 703 (Making the Global Interpreter Lock Optional in CPython). Thank you, everyone, for responding to the poll on the no-GIL proposal. It’s clear that the overall sentiment is positive, both for the general idea and for PEP 7…