Moving towards Python 3.0 (was Re: [Python-Dev] Speed up functioncalls) (original) (raw)

Skip Montanaro skip at pobox.com
Mon Jan 31 18:02:27 CET 2005 

Michael> CPython CAN leverage such environments, and it IS used that
Michael> way.  However, this requires using multiple Python processes
Michael> and inter-process communication of some sort (there are lots of
Michael> choices, take your pick).  It's a technique which is more
Michael> trouble for the programmer, but in my experience usually has
Michael> less likelihood of containing subtle parallel processing
Michael> bugs.

In my experience, when people suggest that "threads are easier than ipc", it means that their code is sprinkled with "subtle parallel processing bugs".

Michael> Perhaps the REAL solution is just a really good IPC library
Michael> that makes it easier to write programs that launch "threads" as
Michael> separate processes and communicate with them.

Tuple space, anyone?

Skip

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