I think you are correct, Stackless does nothing to support multiple cores or CPUs. However, neither does normal Python! The threads in Python are NOT operating system threads, but are cooperatively multitasked just like Stackless.
But Stackless is supposed to be able to support much finer-grained cooperation than Python threads, achieving 100,000's of usable tasklets in a single application. The only thing I've seen that breaks the CPU bottleneck with Python is either the multiprocessing module (new with 2.6) or Parallel Python ( http://www.parallelpython.com). Both take the approach that independent processes can utilize multiple cores without a major Python overhaul. Neither Stackless nor threads preclude you from also using multiprocessing or Parallel Python. On Fri, Aug 21, 2009 at 10:16 PM, Bottiger <bottig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Stackless does not scale for multiple CPUs. It is only for cooperative > multitasking. Stackless is meant to solve massive context switching > costs, which I think Web2Py has very little of. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to web2py@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
