Python Performance vs. C++ in a Complex System

[Gabriel Ambuehl]

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Hello Aahz,

Monday, April 16, 2001, 12:31:46 AM, you wrote:
> It depends on whether you use native Python threads or microthreads
> built on top of Stackless Python.  Python threads are built on top
of
> OS-level threads, so the OS handles the context switch. 
Microthreads
> are built on top of continuations in Stackless, and an essentially
> cooperative multi-tasker handles the context switches.

So Microthreads are faster? Guess I'll have to try out stackless
then...


Best regards,
 Gabriel

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