thread limit in python

[Peter Hansen]

danieldsmith at gmail.com wrote:
> and sorry to continue to post here.  since this is occurring in both c
> and python, i think there's no question i'm running into an os limit.

Probably, but I haven't yet seen anyone ask the real important question. 
  What possible use could you have for more than 1000 *simultaneously 
active* threads?  There are very likely several alternative approaches 
that will fit your use case and have better characteristics (e.g. higher 
performance, simpler code, safer architecture, etc).

-Peter