🔀 Concurrency

How to choose between multiprocessing and multithreading?

Factor	Multiprocessing	Multithreading
Task	CPU-bound tasks	I/O-bound tasks
Memory	Higher overall memory usage	More memory-efficient
Communication	IPC is slower and more complex	Easier and faster
Synchronization	Process isolation reduces the need for complex synchronization	Higher risk of deadlocks and race conditions due to shared memory access
Context Switching	Context switching between processes is more resource-intensive	Faster context switching between threads
Fault Isolation	Better fault isolation	More error-prone
Examples	Data processing pipelines	Web servers handling multiple connections