Will multithreading make python less popular?

[Mensanator]

On Feb 19, 7:18 pm, Steve Holden <st... at holdenweb.com> wrote:
> Mensanator wrote:
> > On Feb 19, 2:18 pm, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
> [...]
> > When I run I Python program, the Windows task manager shows both
> > cores running (usually a 60/40 split) for an overall 50% usage.
>
> > What am I actually seeing? If Python only uses one of the cores,
> > why do both light up? Is everything much more complicated (due to
> > OS scheduling, etc.) than the simple explanations of GIL?
>
> You are seeing your Python program running on one core, and the usual
> Windows crap keeping the other one busy.

I thought of that, but the usual Windows crap accounts for only a
couple percent prior to the Python program running. Christian Heimes
answer sounds more realistic.

But what do I know?

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