Multi-threading in Python vs Java

Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
Date	2013-10-10 23:01 -0700
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Subject	Multi-threading in Python vs Java
From	Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com>

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Could someone give me a brief thumbnail sketch of the difference between multi-threaded programming in Java.

I have a fairly sophisticated algorithm that I developed as both a single threaded and multi-threaded Java application. The multi-threading port was fairly simple, partly because Java has a rich library of thread safe data structures (Atomic Integer, Blocking Queue, Priority Blocking Queue, etc). 

There is quite a significant performance improvement when multithreading here.

I'd like to port the project to Python, partly because Python is a better language (IMHO) and partly because Python plays well with Amazon Web Services. 

But I'm a little leery that things like the Global Interpret Lock will block the multithreading efficiency, or that a relative lack of concurrent off the shelf data structures will make things much harder.

Any advice much appreciated. Thanks.

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Multi-threading in Python vs Java Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-10 23:01 -0700
  Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2013-10-11 17:53 +1100
    Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-11 09:30 +0000
  Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 01:41 -0700
    Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 19:48 +1100
      Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java Piet van Oostrum <piet@vanoostrum.org> - 2013-10-11 10:55 -0400
    Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2013-10-11 15:53 -0400
  Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java Peter Cacioppi <peter.cacioppi@gmail.com> - 2013-10-11 13:10 -0700

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