Solving the problem of mutual recursion

[Peter Brooks]

On 26 May, 20:22, Carlos Nepomuceno <carlosnepomuc... at outlook.com>
wrote:
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> > Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 11:13:12 -0700
> > Subject: Re: Solving the problem of mutual recursion
> > From: peter.h.m.bro... at gmail.com
> > To: python-l... at python.org
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> >> How can you get 140% of CPU? IS that a typo??
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> > No, on a multi-core machine it's normal. The machine shows python
> > running multiple threads - and the number of threads change as the
> > program runs. Perhaps the OS/X implementation of python does allow
> > concurrency when others don't. It certainly looks like it!
>
> I pretty sure it doesn't run on multiple cores on Linux and Windows.
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> I've tested it and have been trying to find a better way achieve concurrency in Python. One of the ways is the multiprocessing module[1].
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> Do Mac OS shows "140%" CPU load when more than a single core is been used? lol Apple sucks!!! lol
>
It's not uncommon - HP-UX does exactly the same thing.