Pergunta de entrevista da empresa Varonis Systems

What are the key differences in behavior and architecture between threading.Thread and multiprocessing.Process in Python? What are the implications for memory sharing and communication?

Resposta da entrevista

Sigiloso

13 de mai. de 2025

Threads run in the same memory space and share data directly. Processes have separate memory and require serialization for communication. Threads are lighter but limited by the GIL. Processes avoid the GIL but are heavier due to memory isolation.