process join python code example

Example 1: multiprocessing join python

from multiprocessing import Process

def say_hello(name='world'):
    print "Hello, %s" % name

p = Process(target=say_hello)
p.start()
p.join()	# Tells the program to wait until p has finished it's job before exiting

Example 2: python multiprocessing

from multiprocessing import Pool

def f(x):
    return x*x

if __name__ == '__main__':
    with Pool(5) as p:
        print(p.map(f, [1, 2, 3]))