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Re:Tornado: FriendFeed's non-blocking Python web server is n... by illumen on Friday September 11, 2009 @05:12AM (#817064)
Can python use mutiple cpus/cores with threads? Short answer no. Long answer, yes for some things.

Even cpu bound tasks can release the GIL to do processing(for non python api tasks).

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