Python's "multiprocessing" module feels like threads, but actually launches processes. Many people, when they start to work with Python, are excited to hear that the language supports threading. And, ...

multiprocessingモジュールは、Python2系列では2.6以降、3系列では3.0以降に標準となったモジュールです。このモジュールはthreadingモジュールに似たAPIでプロセス間通信などの機能を提供します。

Improvements to the next (and future) versions of Python are set to speed it up, slim it down, and pave the way toward even better things.