Python multiprocessing
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See python threading, this interface duplicates it.
See python concurrency for more examples of concurrency methods.
Example
import multiprocessing class Worker(multiprocessing.Process): def __init__(self, queue): super(Worker, self).__init__() self._queue = queue def run(self): while True: data = self._queue.get() # poison pill if data is None: return # .. do something with data...