Re: [LAD] GIl, python, threading, and IPC

From: Patrick Stinson <patrickstinson.lists@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Nov 17 2009 - 21:04:04 EET

well, define "realtime safe"

Theoretically it's pretty unsafe, but on windows and mac it runs
pretty well for our music work so far :)

On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 9:22 AM, David Robillard <dave@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 17:16 -0800, Patrick Stinson wrote:
>> While CPython is more than capable of running fast enough in the audio
>> thread for control-rate (MIDI) work
>
> eeehhh.... no ;)
>
> Python is nowhere even remotely near realtime safe, unless you're doing
> some clever allocation stuff etc.?
>
> -dr
>
>
>
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