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The global interpreter lock does not apply to multiple processes. Web applications are embarrassingly parallel.
by bayesianhorse 12y ago
The global interpreter lock does not apply to multiple processes. Web applications are embarrassingly parallel.
- Animats 12y agoMultiple processes in Python at scale mean really clunky interprocess communication, lots of copies of everything the interpreter loaded, and lots of cache misses.
- bayesianhorse 12y agoGood thing the stateless nature of web requests means database persistence is all the interprocess communication needed.