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> Except when your use case requires a massive shared data cache that needs to be atomically updated You can delete the last 6 words. Anything where multiple
by jhayward 9y ago
> Except when your use case requires a massive shared data cache that needs to be atomically updated
You can delete the last 6 words. Anything where multiple processes would have to read in/acquire a massive dataset to do some independent work qualifies. For instance, running some number (e.g., hundreds to hundreds of thousands) of analytical or statistical tests over a set to pick parameters, etc.
- abecedarius 9y agoRead-only shared memory can cover that. Python's ref counting does make it a nuisance: you can't share it as a Python object graph.