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Re: Python threading/multiprocessing issue.

Started byDennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
First post2011-07-15 22:15 -0700
Last post2011-07-16 13:41 +0200
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  Re: Python threading/multiprocessing issue. Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2011-07-15 22:15 -0700
    Re: Python threading/multiprocessing issue. "Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain> - 2011-07-16 13:41 +0200

#9599 — Re: Python threading/multiprocessing issue.

FromDennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
Date2011-07-15 22:15 -0700
SubjectRe: Python threading/multiprocessing issue.
Message-ID<mailman.1100.1310793326.1164.python-list@python.org>
On Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:34:40 +1000, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
declaimed the following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> other's toes. In CPython, the latter is guaranteed by the GIL; the
> specific advantage of multiprocessing over threading is that each
> process has a separate GIL, and that's because all variables are
> separate.
>
	And (so far as I understand it) each process can claim its own CPU
core, whereas threads share the active core.
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From"Waldek M." <wm@localhost.localdomain>
Date2011-07-16 13:41 +0200
Message-ID<ate4d7wlcrvs$.dlg@localhost.localdomain>
In reply to#9599
Dnia Fri, 15 Jul 2011 22:15:15 -0700, Dennis Lee Bieber napisaƂ(a):
> 	And (so far as I understand it) each process can claim its own CPU
> core, whereas threads share the active core.

I do not think so. AFAIK, threads may be distributed over differrent
CPUs (just like in any other programming language), only because of GIL, 
you might not notice any performance improvement with that.

Best regards,
Waldek

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