Hi Jason, What gives you that idea? On Dec 25, 2015 12:23 AM, "Jason Friedman" <jsf80...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am not sure if this is the correct venue for my question, but I'd like > to > > submit my question just in case. I am not a programmer but I do have an > > incredible interest in it, so please excuse my lack of understanding if > my > > question isn't very thorough. > > > > As an example, a website backend is developed using Python. Users can > > submit their input through the website and PHP (or some other language) > > transfers the user input from the website fields to a database such as > > MySQL. There is a main script called main_script.py which extracts the > > user data from MySQL, processes it, stores output in MySQL and sends > output > > to the user (via webpage and email). > > > > About main_script.py > > # main_script.py extracts user input from MySQL, processes it, stores > > output in MySQL and send output to user (via webpage and email). > > # Inputs: User personal information such as age, dob, nationality, > hobbies, > > and 20 or 30 other fields > > # Output: main_script.py is going to do something with it such as access > > the database and some shelve files or other py scripts. I have no clue > what > > it's going to do, but my point is that the processing of the input to > > output will take longer than simply a print('Hello, %r!' %user_name). > > > > My question: I am curious to know how Python handles something like > this. > > Let's say that there are 10, 20, 50, or even 1000 users accessing the > > website. They all put in their 20 to 30 pieces of input and are waiting > on > > some fancy magic output. How exactly does that work? Can multiple users > > access the same script? Does the Python programmer need to code in a > > manner that supports this? Are requests to the script handled serially > or > > in parallel? > > I have a hunch that you do not want to write the program, nor do you > want to see exactly how a programmer would write it? > > The question is more like asking a heart surgeon how she performs > heart surgery: you don't plan to do it yourself, but you want a > general idea of how it is done? How do you keep the patient from > bleeding to death? Does the heart stop while performing the surgery, > and if yes, how does the patient stay alive? > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list