Threading conceptual question

[Wayne Izatt]

> Is this the sort of thing that is solvable with threads? and maybe more
> specifically with win32process.beginthreadex()? also will i need to
> recompile python (please say no)?

This is what threads are for, and no, you won't need to rebuild Python.

> also, i am about to buy a new server, so the question is, do i want/need
> more than one processor to do this sort of thing?

One processor is good enough for all but the most computationally intensive
operations.

Instead of reinventing the wheel, however, take a peek at Webkit. It
contains a threaded http server that can easily be fitted to most tasks.

cheers