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4Concurrent Execution
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7The modules described in this chapter provide support for concurrent
8execution of code. The appropriate choice of tool will depend on the
9task to be executed (CPU bound vs IO bound) and preferred style of
10development (event driven cooperative multitasking vs preemptive
11multitasking) Here's an overview:
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14.. toctree::
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16 threading.rst
17 multiprocessing.rst
18 concurrent.futures.rst
19 subprocess.rst
20 sched.rst
21 queue.rst
22 select.rst
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25The following are support modules for some of the above services:
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27.. toctree::
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29 dummy_threading.rst
30 _thread.rst
31 _dummy_thread.rst