Chapter 1, Advanced Introduction to Concurrent and Parallel Programming, introduces you to the concept of concurrency, and demonstrates an instance in which concurrent programming can improve significantly the speed of a Python program.
Chapter 2, Amdahl's Law, takes a theoretical approach and discusses the limitations of concurrency in improving the speed of applications. We will take a look at what concurrency truly provides and how we can best incorporate it.
Chapter 3, Working with Threads in Python, introduces the formal definition of threading and covers a different approach to implementing threading in a Python program. In this chapter, we will also discuss a major element in concurrent programming—the concept ...
