Newbie Threading Question

[Sparky]

It seems strange, but I can't find a list of operating systems which
support / don't support threading in Python. Can anyone point me in
the right direction?

Thanks,
Sam

 

[Sparky]

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I'm not an expert on Python threading, so don't take my word as low,
however, I believe that there's no need for a list of systems which
support it because the Python virtual machine handles it. Thus, any
system which supports Python (or at least Python versions with
threading) will support Python threading. Again, I don't know a lot
about this, but it would make sense.



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Thanks. I think that should make sense. Plus, if it is part of the
standard distribution, I would assume it is supported in most places.

Sam

 

[Lev Elbert]

It seems strange, but I can't find a list of operating systems which
support / don't support threading in Python. Can anyone point me in
the right direction?

Thanks,
Sam

Here is the list (from Python documentation of thread module):
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7.4 thread -- Multiple threads of control

This module provides low-level primitives for working with multiple
threads (a.k.a. light-weight processes or tasks) -- multiple threads
of control sharing their global data space. For synchronization,
simple locks (a.k.a. mutexes or binary semaphores) are provided.

The module is optional. It is supported on Windows, Linux, SGI IRIX,
Solaris 2.x, as well as on systems that have a POSIX thread (a.k.a.
``pthread'') implementation. For systems lacking the thread module,
the dummy_thread module is available. It duplicates this module's
interface and can be used as a drop-in replacement.
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