# View more python learning tutorial on my Youtube and Youku channel!!! # Youtube video tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdyjiB5H8Pu7aDTNVXTTpcg # Youku video tutorial: http://i.youku.com/pythontutorial import threading from queue import Queue import copy import time def job(l, q): res = sum(l) q.put(res) def multithreading(l): q = Queue() threads = [] for i in range(4): t = threading.Thread(target=job, args=(copy.copy(l), q), name='T%i' % i) t.start() threads.append(t) [t.join() for t in threads] total = 0 for _ in range(4): total += q.get() print(total) def normal(l): total = sum(l) print(total) if __name__ == '__main__': l = list(range(1000000)) s_t = time.time() normal(l*4) print('normal: ',time.time()-s_t) s_t = time.time() multithreading(l) print('multithreading: ', time.time()-s_t)