Traumwind - David Mertz: Implementing "weightless threads" with Python generators

"In an earlier "Charming Python" installment, David introduced a way of simulating full-fledged coroutines with generators and a simple scheduler. It is possible to extend this scheduler in straightforward ways to allow extremely lightweight threading of multiple processes. Much as with Stackless Python microthreads, pseudo-coroutine "weightless threads" require almost none of the context switch and memory overhead of OS -- or even userland -- threads. Here David introduces weightless threads as an elegant solution for problems whose natural solutions involve large numbers of cooperating processes."
[via ZopeNewbies]

[ by Martin>] [permalink] [similar entries]

similar entries (vs):

no similar entries (yet?)

similar entries (cg):

POE (# 5%)
I(ncremental) P(rogress) (# 5%)
ABYSS Web Server (# 2%)
is a map usefull? (# 1%)
Piled Higher and Deeper (# 1%)
Publications of David Mertz (# 1%)
Instant Outlining, or rather not (# 0%)

relevant words

Martin Spernau
© 1994-2003

Big things to come (TM) 30th Dez 2002

Look closely at the most embarrassing details and amplify them
Oblique Strategies, Ed.3 Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt

amazon.de Wunschliste

usefull links:
Google Graph browser
Traumwind 6-Colormatch
UAV News

threads (3.7)
weightless (3.2)
david (3)
python (2.7)
scheduler (2.6)
generators (2.6)
processes (2.3)
of (1.9)
with (1.7)
an (1.6)
as (1.5)
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-pythrd.html (1.5)
earlier (1.5)
extend (1.5)
coroutines (1.5)
elegant (1.5)
none (1.5)
www-106.ibm.com (1.5)
extremely (1.5)
mertz (1.5)
microthreads (1.5)
threading (1.5)
simulating (1.5)
implementing (1.5)
multiple (1.5)
charming (1.5)
stackless (1.5)
natural (1.5)
ways (1.5)
introduced (1.5)
http://www.zopenewbies.net/1023708187 (1.5)
zopenewbies (1.5)
solutions (1.5)
cooperating (1.5)
whose (1.5)
pseudo (1.5)
installment (1.5)
www.zopenewbies.net (1.5)
involve (1.5)
straightforward (1.5)
numbers (1.4)
lightweight (1.4)
switch (1.4)
full (1.4)
introduces (1.4)
context (1.4)
overhead (1.3)
problems (1.3)
solution (1.3)
require (1.3)
os (1.3)
memory (1.3)
allow (1.3)
userland (1.3)
almost (1.3)
in (1.2)
possible (1.2)
large (1.2)
a (1.2)
and (1.2)
to (1.1)
simple (1.1)
much (1.1)
via (1.1)
even (1.1)
way (1)
here (0.9)
or (0.9)
this (0.8)
is (0.7)
it (0.7)
for (0.7)
the (0.6)
martin (0.5)
(0)