[Talin] > Note that Jython and IronPython don't have the same restrictions in this > regard as CPython. Both VMs are able to run in multiprocessing > environments. (I don't know whether or not Jython/IronPython even have a > GIL or not.)
they don't. they rely on jvm/clr for GC, and probably per-thread locking when they touch global data. [Giovanni Bajo] > You seem to believe that the only way to parallelize your programs is to use > threads. IMHO, threads is just the most common and absolutely the worst, under > many points of views. not at all. personally i hate threads, but there are many place where you can use them properly to distribute workload -- without mutual dependencies or shard state. this makes them essentially like light-weight processes, using background workers and queues, etc., only without the overhead of multiple processes. there could be a stdlib threading module that would provide you with all kinds of queues, schedulers, locks, and decorators, so you wouldn't have to manually lock things every time. -tomer _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
