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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 09:31:30 -0500
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On 01/14/2013 09:18 AM, Chris Angelico wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 1:15 AM, Tim Chase
> <python.list@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
>> A newbie programmer had a problem and thought
>>
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>> "I'll solve it by posting on
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>> python-list@python.org and on Google Groups".
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>> And now we have the problem of two threads...
> And, when faced with problems of having two threads, the most obvious
> solution is to add sleep() calls, so it looks like the above... Am I
> dragging the analogy out too far?
>
> ChrisA

Naaah, too far would be trying to relate the GIL to KILL files.  For
example, I avoid the google groups double-post syndrome by killfiling
any message with google-groups in the To: or CC: fields.  596 messages
in six months.  I still get the second copy.




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DaveA