
On Jul 25 2015, "Sven R. Kunze" <srkunze-7y4VAllY4QU@public.gmane.org> wrote:
startup impact | biggest | medium | smallest cpu impact | biggest | medium | smallest memory impact | biggest | medium | smallest purpose | cpu-bound tasks | i/o-bound tasks | ???
I don't think any of these is correct. Unfortunately, I also don't think there even is a correct version, the differences are simply not so clear-cut. On Unix, Process startup-cost can be high if you do fork() + exec(), but if you just fork, it's as cheap as a thread. With asyncio, it's not clear to me what exactly you'd define as the "startup impact" (the creation of a future maybe? Or setting up the event loop?). "CPU impact" as a category doesn't make any sense to me. If you execute the same code it's going to take the same amount of (cumulative) CPU time, no matter if this code runs in a separate thread, separate process, or asynchronously. "memory impact" is probably highest for separate processes, but I don't see an obvious difference when using threads vs asyncio. Where did you get this from? As far as purpose is concerned, pretty much the only limitation is that asyncio is not suitable for cpu-bound tasks. Any other combination is possible and also most appropriate in specific circumstances. Best, -Nikolaus -- GPG encrypted emails preferred. Key id: 0xD113FCAC3C4E599F Fingerprint: ED31 791B 2C5C 1613 AF38 8B8A D113 FCAC 3C4E 599F »Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a Banana.«