from multiprocessing import Pool from itertools import product def sym(lst): x,y=lst tmp=x*y if rec(tmp): return tmp else: return None
def rec(num): num=str(num) if num == "".join(reversed(num)): return True else: return False if __name__ == "__main__": pool=Pool(processes=8) lst=product(xrange(100,1000),repeat=2) rst=pool.map(sym,lst) #rst=sym(lst) print max(rst) in my old computer(2006), when run it on single process, it takes 2 seconds but using multiprocessing.pool, it takes almost 8 or 9 seconds is it possible? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list