# Use multithreading to run continuous addition , Compare the continuous addition time of a single thread , It is proved that multithreading is not very effective for computing intensive (python There is no real multithreading ) """ 1、 because python Of GIL Mechanism , Lead to python There is no real multithreading , So for compute intensive models , Multithreading may even be less efficient than single threading ( Because there will be thread switching ) 2、python2 Multithreading is indeed slower than a single thread ,python3 After optimization, multi thread is slightly higher than single thread """ import threading import time def add(n): num = 0 for i in range(n): num += 1 print(num) if __name__ == '__main__': # Execute non multiline first start1_time = time.time() add(20000000) add(50000000) end1_time = time.time()-start1_time print(' Single thread takes time {}'.format(end1_time)) # Execute multiline t1 = threading.Thread(target=add, args=(20000000,)) t2 = threading.Thread(target=add, args=(50000000,)) start2_time = time.time() t1.start() t2.start() t1.join() t2.join() end2_time = time.time() - start2_time print(' Multithreading takes time {}'.format(end2_time))