Multiprocessing takes higher execution time

[Grant Edwards]

On 2009-01-07, Steve Holden <steve at holdenweb.com> wrote:

>> I use multiprocessing to compare more then one set of files.
>> 
>> For comparison each set of files (i.e. Old file1 Vs New file1)
>> I create a process,
>> 
>> Process(target=compare, args=(oldFile, newFile)).start()
>> 
>> It takes 61 seconds execution time.
>> 
>> When I do the same comparison without implementing
>> multiprocessing, it takes 52 seconds execution time.

> My first suggestion would be: show us some code. We aren't
> psychic, you know.

I am!

He's only got one processor, and he's just been bit by Amdahl's
law when P<1 and S<1.

There you have a perfectly "psychic" answer: an educated guess
camoflaged in plausible-sounding but mostly-bullshit buzzwords.
A better psychic would have avoided making that one falsifiable
statement (he's only got one processor).

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