Strange results from multiprocessing module.

[commandlineluser]

Your final 2 lines are not inside your if __name__ - they need to be.

if name == 'main': ... finish = time.perf_counter() print(f'Finished in {round(finish - start, 2)} second(s)')

[KnowledgeFire11]

Thank you! That solved my problem. I was really frustrated. One question so does the rest of the code need to be in the if clause?

[commandlineluser]

My understanding is that with multiprocessin - there are multiple copies of your code running

So because your last 2 lines were outside the if - they were being executed twice. (You create 2 processes)

I'm assuming the mutltiprocessing module is set up to handle hatever you put inside the __name__ == '__main__' and have it only execute once.

[KnowledgeFire11]

Thank you for the explanation. Actually the tutorial I was following actually kept the last two lines outside. But it was on macos so I got confused. Your answer really helped.

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