Q27: When should you select Threading vs Multiprocessing vs Asyncio?
asyncio: Best for high-concurrency network I/O (WebSockets, microservices) with single-threaded cooperative execution.threading: Best for blocking file/disk I/O or library integrations constrained by GIL.multiprocessing: Best for CPU-bound calculations (data processing, image manipulation), bypassing the GIL via separate OS processes.
Key Takeaways
- Asyncio: Massive network I/O concurrency.
- Threading: Blocking I/O tasks.
- Multiprocessing: Heavy CPU computation.
Knowledge Check
Which module provides optimal performance for parallelizing image transformations across a 16-core CPU?