Re: Dedicated CPU core for Python?

2007-04-26 Thread Louise Hoffman
> Are you talking about CPU affinity > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor_affinity) or an actual CPU that can > directory execute Python byte code? If the former, CPython only uses one > CPU core right now because it's threads are all internal, and do not spawn > system threads (IIRC). If th

Dedicated CPU core for Python?

2007-04-26 Thread Louise Hoffman
Dear readers, I was wondering, if Python in the foerseeable future will allocate one CPU core just for the interpreter, so heavy Python operations does slow down the OS? It seams to me like a perfect use for a CPU core =) Lots of love, Louise -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-l