"sturlamolden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Feb 7, 6:17 pm, John Nagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > MPI does not use threads on SMPs because it performs worse than using > multiple processes.
I fail to see how threads in general could perform worse than processes. I do understand that processes are inherently more safe/secure, but when it comes to speed I really can't imagine why it could happen that threads perform worse (poor threads implementation and programming practices aside). Care to give some references? -- Sergei. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
