Mensanator wrote: > On Feb 19, 7:18 pm, Steve Holden <st...@holdenweb.com> wrote: >> 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. > > I thought of that, but the usual Windows crap accounts for only a > couple percent prior to the Python program running. Christian Heimes > answer sounds more realistic. > > But what do I know? > At least as much as I do, probably.
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