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threading in Python (CPython) is not misleading in the slightest - it does use real system threads (pthreads, windows threads, whatever...) it's the GIL that prevents the parallel execution. In dependence of the OS scheduler any of those threads can end up executing on a different core (just not two at the same time, with some rare exceptions).

zwer
– zwer

2017-06-20 19:06:22 +00:00
Commented Jun 20, 2017 at 19:06
@zwer its misleading because what you expect from threading doesn't actually happen, they don't act like pthreads because of the GIL.

Krupip
– Krupip

2017-06-20 19:07:43 +00:00
Commented Jun 20, 2017 at 19:07

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