is python capable of running on multiple cores?

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Question: Because of python\'s use of \"GIL\" is python capable running its separate threads simultaneously?

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Python threads cannot take advantage of many cores. This is due to an internal implementation detail called the GIL (global interpreter lock) in the C implementation of python (cPython) which is almost certainly what you use.

The workaround is the multiprocessing module http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0371/ which was developed for this purpose.

Documentation: http://docs.python.org/library/multiprocessing.html

(Or use a parallel language.)