multiple-processes

How can multiple calculations be launched in parallel, while stopping them all when the first one returns? [Python]

How can multiple calculations be launched in parallel, while stopping them all when the first one returns? The application I have in mind is the following: there are multiple ways of calculating a certain value; each method takes a different amount of time depending on the function parameters; by launching calculations in parallel, the ...

Reader and writer process SQLite

I have two processes: Writes to two tables every second (ish) Reads from said tables periodically I know that with SQLite, any writes lock the whole database and so sometimes the second process can fail with a locked database. Is there anything you can suggest that would completely remove the need for these two processes to touch th...

timing control for parallel processes

how can i control two processes to run alternately in separate terminal windows. for example i run the code for each on separate terminal windows at 11:59 and both of them wait for the time to be 12:00. at this moment process one starts execution and process two waits for say 10 seconds. then they switch, process two executes and process...

IPC (inter process communication) between python and java

Hello, First, a little explanation of why I'm asking this question in the first place: I'm writing a python program (with a wxPython gui) that needs to call a Java AWT program from python and extract data from it. I have an in-process working solution on Windows. I also have an in-process solution on OSX so long as I run the Java app he...