[Edu-sig] Why Python?

[Rudá Porto Filgueiras]

On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 10:09 PM, <calcpage at aol.com> wrote:

> OOO, are we talking about parallel processing now? I have this computer lab
> at school with all new 64bit dual core PCs I don't know what to do with.
>  You mention multithreading python processes, but this would work only on a
> single multi core PC, right?  What about a LAN environment made use of as a
> grid or cluster. Then you need somethng like MPI. What about parallel
> python? Anyone using that?
>

Have you take a look on multiprocessing package?

http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html

There are some options, but it's in Python Standart Library (Python 2.6
stable).

Cheers,


>
> TIA,
>
> A. Jorge Garcia
> http://calcpage.tripod.com
>
> Teacher & Professor
> Applied Mathematics, Physics & Computer Science
> Baldwin Senior High School & Nassau Community College
>

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