added note about autoGIL
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 Mac
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+- There's a new module called "autoGIL", which offers a mechanism to
+  automatically release the Global Interpreter Lock when an event loop
+  goes to sleep, allowing other threads to run. It's currently only
+  supported on OSX, in the Mach-O version.
 
 What's New in Python 2.3 beta 1?
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