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In this chapter we will introduce the concepts of concurrency and parallelism. We will also briefly consider the related topic of distribution. After this we will consider process synchronisation, why object-oriented approaches are well suited to concurrency and parallelism before finishing with a short discussion of threads versus processes.
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Hunt, J. (2023). Introduction to Concurrency and Parallelism. In: Advanced Guide to Python 3 Programming. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-40336-1_38
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