#For io operations , there is little difference between multi-threading and multi-process performance # 1. Instantiate through the Thread class import time import threading def get_detail_html(url): print("get detail html started") time.sleep(2) print("get detail html end") def get_detail_url(url): print("get detail url started") time.sleep(4) print("get detail url end") # 2. Multithreading by integrating Thread class GetDetailHtml(threading.Thread): def __init__(self, name): super().__init__(name=name) def run(self): print("get detail html started") time.sleep(2) print("get detail html end") class GetDetailUrl(threading.Thread): def __init__(self, name): super().__init__(name=name) def run(self): print("get detail url started") time.sleep(4) print("get detail url end") if __name__ == "__main__": thread1 = GetDetailHtml("get_detail_html") thread2 = GetDetailUrl("get_detail_url") start_time = time.time() thread1.start() thread2.start() thread1.join() thread2.join() #When the main thread exits, the child thread kills print ( " last time: {} " .format(time.time()-start_time))