In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Maric Michaud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is a recurrent problem I encounter when I try to sell python solutions > to > my customers. I'm aware that this problem is sometimes overlooked, but here > is the market's law. > > I've heard of a bunch of arguments to defend python's choice of GIL, but I'm > not quite sure of their technical background, nor what is really important > and what is not. These discussions often end in a prudent "python has made a > choice among others"... which is not really convincing. > > If some guru has made a good recipe, or want to resume the main points it > would be really appreciated. When designing a new Python application I read a fair amount about the implications of multiple cores for using threads versus processes, and decided that using multiple processes was the way to go for me. On that note, there a (sort of) new module available that allows interprocess communication via shared memory and semaphores with Python. You can find it here: http://NikitaTheSpider.com/python/shm/ Hope this helps -- Philip http://NikitaTheSpider.com/ Whole-site HTML validation, link checking and more -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
