Python Performance vs. C++ in a Complex System

ben at co.and.co ben at co.and.co
Mon Apr 16 12:43:42 EDT 2001


Aahz Maruch <aahz at panix.com> wrote:
 
> I'm 99% certain the original poster is using microthreads, which
> essentially implements what you're talking about.

Not in his C++ implementation. BTW, the scheduler of the OS may be as
good as it is, but with 15,000 threads and a few CPU's (1??) you're
going to spend a lot of time in the scheduler anyhow. (Not counting the
instruction cache misses and task switching overhead)

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