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bayesianhorse on Feb 15, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Asynchronous Python and Databases

The global interpreter lock does not apply to multiple processes. Web applications are embarrassingly parallel.

Animats on Feb 16, 2015 [–]

Multiple processes in Python at scale mean really clunky interprocess communication, lots of copies of everything the interpreter loaded, and lots of cache misses.

bayesianhorse on Feb 16, 2015 | [–]

Good thing the stateless nature of web requests means database persistence is all the interprocess communication needed.

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