Python Parallel Programming Cookbook

Python in a parallel world

To be an interpreted language, Python is fast, and if speed is critical, it easily interfaces with extensions written in faster languages, such as C or C++. A common way of using Python is to use it for the high-level logic of a program; the Python interpreter is written in C and is known as CPython. The interpreter translates the Python code in an intermediate language called Python bytecode, which is analogous to an assembly language, but contains a high level of instruction. While a Python program runs, the so-called evaluation loop translates Python bytecode into machine-specific operations. The use of interpreter has advantages in code programming and debugging, but the speed of a program could be a problem. A first ...