Mensanator wrote: > On Feb 19, 2:18 pm, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@nospam.invalid> wrote: [...] > When I run I Python program, the Windows task manager shows both > cores running (usually a 60/40 split) for an overall 50% usage. > > What am I actually seeing? If Python only uses one of the cores, > why do both light up? Is everything much more complicated (due to > OS scheduling, etc.) than the simple explanations of GIL?
You are seeing your Python program running on one core, and the usual Windows crap keeping the other one busy. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
