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20. Threading Use Cases

Threading is most effective for tasks that wait on external resources.

Examples​

  • Downloading multiple web pages
  • Reading/writing files concurrently
  • Handling multiple client connections in servers

Caution​

For CPU-bound tasks, threading offers little benefit in CPython due to the GIL.

Wrap-Up​

Use threading for I/O-bound tasks that spend time waiting.