Fredrik Lundh wrote:

>> How do I detect whether I have additional CPUs in the system?  The
>> google search turns up answer about a Sun workstation but not Windows
>> XP.
> 
> count = int(os.environ.get("NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS", 1))

footnote: a more "correct" way to do this is to use WMI.  links:

     http://timgolden.me.uk/python/wmi.html

 
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/wmisdk/wmi/wmi_tasks__computer_hardware.asp
     (look for "determine if a computer has more than one processor"

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