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+from multiprocessing import Pool, cpu_count
+import time
+
+import multiprocessing as mp
+import threading
+
+
+class PersistentPool:
+
+    def __init__(self, workers=None):
+        self._mp_pool_lock = threading.Lock()
+        self._pool = None
+        if workers is None:
+            self._pool_count = min(2, int(mp.cpu_count() * 0.50))
+        else:
+            self._pool_count = workers
+
+    @property
+    def mp_pool(self):
+        with self._mp_pool_lock:
+            if self._pool is None:
+                self._pool = mp.Pool(self._pool_count)
+        return self._pool
+
+    def close(self):
+        with self._mp_pool_lock:
+            if self._pool:
+                self._pool.close()
+                self._pool = None
+
+    def __del__(self):
+        self.close()
+
+
+def some_time(t):
+    time.sleep(t)
+    return t
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    workers = cpu_count() - 2
+    T = 0.000001
+
+    scale = 10
+    N = [[10] * 100, [1000]]
+    N = [[nn * scale for nn in n] for n in N]
+
+    for nn in N:
+        t = time.time()
+        for n in nn:
+            with Pool(workers) as p:
+                results = p.map(some_time, [T] * n)
+        print("Not persistent:", nn, time.time() - t)
+
+    PPool = PersistentPool(workers=workers)
+    for nn in N:
+        t = time.time()
+        for n in nn:
+            results = PPool.mp_pool.map(some_time, [T] * n)
+        print("Not persistent:", nn, time.time() - t)
+        PPool.close()