Python Performance vs. C++ in a Complex System
Aahz Maruch
aahz at panix.com
Sat Apr 21 17:58:41 EDT 2001
In article <mailman.987876457.15794.python-list at python.org>,
Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl at buz.ch> wrote:
>Aahz:
>>
>> It depends on whether you use native Python threads or microthreads
>> built on top of Stackless Python. Python threads are built on top of
>> OS-level threads, so the OS handles the context switch. Microthreads
>> are built on top of continuations in Stackless, and an essentially
>> cooperative multi-tasker handles the context switches.
>
>So Microthreads are faster? Guess I'll have to try out stackless
>then...
Overall, yes, but you don't get the benefit of parallelism on blocking
I/O.
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