On 2006-07-26 19:10:14, Carl J. Van Arsdall wrote: > Ah, alright. So if that's the case, why would you use python threads > versus spawning processes? If they both point to the same address space > and python threads can't run concurrently due to the GIL what are they > good for?
Nothing runs concurrently on a single core processor (pipelining aside). Processes don't run any more concurrently than threads. The scheduling is different, but they still run sequentially. Gerhard -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list