5.5 - When to Use What?
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What type of task is best suited for threading?
💡 Hint: Think about tasks that involve waiting for input or output operations.
What does GIL stand for?
💡 Hint: It’s a term related to Python and concurrency.
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What is an advantage of using threading for I/O-bound tasks?
💡 Hint: Think about why concurrency is beneficial for tasks waiting for input.
Using multiprocessing allows us to bypass which limitation of Python?
💡 Hint: Consider what limits execution in Python.
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You are tasked with developing a web scraper that fetches multiple pages at once to collect data. Would you use threads or multiprocessing, and why?
💡 Hint: Look for evidence of waiting for data rather than processing.
You are designing a program that performs large scale matrix multiplications. What concurrency model would be appropriate, and how would you implement it?
💡 Hint: Assess the load on the CPU during heavy computations.
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