Multiprocessing in Python
Let's discuss what multiprocessing is in Python and how it works.
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Overview
The multiprocessing module was added to Python in version 2.6. It was
originally defined in PEP 371 by Jesse Noller and Richard Oudkerk. The multiprocessing module allows you to spawn processes in much the same manner as you can spawn threads with the threading module. The idea
here is that because you are now spawning processes, you can avoid the
Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) and take full advantages of multiple
processors on a machine.
The ...