Compare processes and threads in Linux and Python
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This question evaluates understanding of operating-system level concurrency versus language-level concurrency, specifically distinctions between processes and threads on Linux, the Global Interpreter Lock in Python, and trade-offs between Python threading and multiprocessing for performance.
Explain the differences between a process and a thread in Linux.
Then explain how Python differs (e.g., the GIL), and when you would use Python threads vs Python multiprocessing for performance.
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