exec(threads)

[Steve Holden]

"JS" <scjuonline at web.de> wrote ...

> could someone explain how threads are implemented in Python?
> Following program gives me 5 new processes on Linux. (ps)
> Windows and Solaris don't create new processes.

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Threads are created using the underlying mechanism of the host OS, which is
why you see processes in Linux but not on the other two platforms.

If your program works, I wouldn't worry too much about the representation in
theprocess list, since that's just an artefact of the OS's thread
implementation.

regards
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