[Python-Dev] Thread questionlet

[Aahz Maruch]

Christian Tismer wrote:
> 
> I don't try to solve this, either. But since I'm writing some kind of
> platform independant threads (isn't it funny? by using non-portable
> tricks, I get some portable threads), I'd like to think about how
> this world *could* look like.  Maybe I have a chance to provide an
> (u)thread implementation which is really what people would want for
> real threads?

No, you don't.  Real threads have one killer advantage you just can't
emulate: they can parallelize I/O operations (and theoretically
parallelize computations on multiple CPUs).  The advantage of
microthreads has been that they're lightweight, so they're good for
applications that require *lots* of threads, such as simulations.  I
think keeping this advantage would be a Good Idea.

You might want to look at Ruby, though, because it does what you're
wanting to do.  (I think -- I haven't touched Ruby myself.)
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