An interesting snippet from Guido van Rossum (the creator of Python) about using multiple processes instead of threads:
"...you just have to undo the brainwashing you got from Windows and Java proponents who seem to consider threads as the only way to approach concurrent activities. Just because Java was once aimed at a set-top box OS that didn't support multiple address spaces, and just because process creation in Windows used to be slow as a dog, doesn't mean that multiple processes (with judicious use of IPC) aren't a much better approach to writing apps for multi-CPU boxes than threads. Just Say No to the combined evils of locking, deadlocks, lock granularity, livelocks, nondeterminism and race conditions." http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-May/007414.html _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
