multiprocessing_simple.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# this is from The Python
# Standard Library by example
# ISBN13: 9780321767349

import multiprocessing


def worker():
    """worker function"""
    print 'Worker'
    return

if __name__ == '__main__':
    jobs = []
    for i in range(5):
        p = multiprocessing.Process(target=worker)
        jobs.append(p)
        p.start()