Embedding Python, threading and scalability

[Aahz]

In article <7xvfu983ip.fsf at ruckus.brouhaha.com>,
Paul Rubin  <http://phr.cx@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
>aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:
>>
>> Not particularly.  Most threading at the application level is done for
>> one or more of three purposes:
>> 
>> * Allowing background work and fast response in a GUI application
>> 
>> * Scalable I/O
>> 
>> * Autonomous sections of code for algorithmic simplicity (e.g.
>> simulations)
>
>Um, concurrent access by multiple clients for server applications?

That's functionally an I/O thing, combined possibly with background
work.
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