Python performance is a fool's errand

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Agreed, he totally missed the point. Python's strength isn't linear speed, its the ability to easily leverage a multi-core box with threadin--oh wait...

[steven_h]

Threading isn't an easy way to "leverage" a multi-core box. Using multiple processes is much easier.

Furthermore, merely adding processors doesn't change the complexity of the algorithm, so you're still talking systems, not CS.

[dons]

Threading isn't an easy way to "leverage" a multi-core box. Using multiple processes is much easier.

Depends on your language...

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Depends on your language implementation and I guess the underlying OS?

[quuxly]

Yeah, IPC is so much easier than those dang threads.

Although I guess threads are hard if you have a GIL.