[Python-Dev] multiprocessing vs. distributed processing

[Nick Coghlan]

James Mills wrote:
> I've noticed over the past few weeks lots of questions
> asked about multi-processing (including myself).

While these are fair points, did you perhaps mean to send this to
python-list rather than python-dev?

Cheers,
Nick.

> 
> For those of you new to multi-processing, perhaps this
> thread may help you. Some things I want to start off
> with to point out are:
> 
> "multiprocessing will not always help you get things done faster."
> 
> "be aware of I/O bound applications vs. CPU bound"
> 
> "multiple CPUs (cores) can compute multiple concurrent expressions -
> not read 2 files concurrently"
> 
> "in some cases, you may be after distributed processing rather than
> multi or parallel processing"
> 
> cheers
> James
> 
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