OkaMthembo wrote:
Hi there,
I just came across something called the Global Interpreter Lock, and
apparently its a condition where an interpreter locks resources to
avoid sharing them with other apps/ processes on the system? I wish to
find out what this means in terms of Python. for example does it mean
that Python cannot take advantage of multiple CPUs? And does it mean
that only one interpreter will run per box in a hosting environment?
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Interpreter_Lock.
This only applies to threads within a Python process, not other
apps/prcoesses.
I look forward to enlightenment.
So do I. Who is your guru?
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