From: Roger Pack <rogerpack2005@...>
Date: 2012-02-07T06:22:38+09:00
Subject: Re: process_shared -- Python's multiprocessing for Ruby

>> Patrick has been doing some excellent work on the "process_shared" gem,
>> which provides for cross process mutexes and shared memory, inspired by
>> Python's multiprocessing library
>
>
> Multiple processes, shared memory, and mutexes? Wow, it's truly the
> worst
> of both worlds! ;)

Well, actually it avoids sharing memory because of fork, thus avoiding 
all of those odd race conditions. phew!
This just lets you farm out work more easily.

-roger-

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