Re: Gil/threading in python

[Bill Bruns <http://profiles.yahoo.com/billbruns>]

I'm just trying to help.

Hope the article is useful.

If it is not useful, perhaps it will at least be interesting.

Bill

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From: Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
To: Bill Bruns <http://profiles.yahoo.com/billbruns> 
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2012 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: Gil/threading in python
 
To: Bill Bruns <http://profiles.yahoo.com/billbruns>

I'll look over the article.  But, for the most part, you're screwed if
you're trying to do threading in Python, Perl, OCaml, Ruby, or a host of
other languages.  Only Lua, Go, and, of course, C-derived languages,
support true multithreading.

> From: Bill Bruns <http://profiles.yahoo.com/billbruns>
> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:16:30 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Hello Robert,
> 
> Regarding the GIL/threading problem in python, are you aware of this article?
> 
> http://www.doughellmann.com/articles/pythonmagazine/completely-different/2007-10-multi_processing/index.html
> 
>   
> 
> It mentions other flavors of python that do not have this problem.
> 
> I have mentioned the problem to a respected friend at Vimeo.
> His response:
> "I use gearmand to get around the problem mentioned in the article.. "
> 
> I think he meant "gearman".
> 
> Of course that still does not solve the threading problem,
> but I hope either the article or his response will be helpful.
> 
> Bill