sturlamolden wrote: [...] > If you want to utilize the computing power of multiple CPUs, you > should use multiple processes instead of threads. On Python this is > mandatory due to the GIL. In any other language it it highly > recommended. The de-factor standard for parallel multiprocessing (MPI) > uses multiple processes, even on SMPs.
That doesn't really work in Python. There have been projects to allow Pythonic coordination of processes -- POSH had some good ideas -- but none have reached fruition. There's nothing like a close thing to a good defacto standard in the area. Microsoft's Win32 threads can claim to get as close as anything. -- --Bryan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
