This python example demonstrates python threading being useful for IO bound operations.

python_thread_io.py

import threading
import time as time

def display(i):
    print("Thread id: ", i)
    time.sleep(4)



if __name__ == "__main__":
    start = time.time()
    for i in range(5):
        display()
    stop = time.time()
    print("non threading time: ", stop-start)

    start = time.time()
    threads = []
    for i in range(5):
        t = threading.Thread(target=display, args=(i,))
        t.start()
        threads.append(t)

    for t in threads:
        t.join()

    stop = time.time()
    print("threading time: ", stop-start)