def available_cpu_count():
    """Number of available virtual or physical CPUs on this system, i.e.
    user/real as output by time(1) when called with an optimally scaling
    userspace-only program
    See this https://stackoverflow.com/a/1006301/13561390"""

    # cpuset
    # cpuset may restrict the number of *available* processors
    try:
        m = re.search(r"(?m)^Cpus_allowed:\s*(.*)$", open("/proc/self/status").read())
        if m:
            res = bin(int(m.group(1).replace(",", ""), 16)).count("1")
            if res > 0:
                return res
    except IOError:
        pass

    # Python 2.6+
    try:
        import multiprocessing

        return multiprocessing.cpu_count()
    except (ImportError, NotImplementedError):
        pass

    # https://github.com/giampaolo/psutil
    try:
        import psutil

        return psutil.cpu_count()  # psutil.NUM_CPUS on old versions
    except (ImportError, AttributeError):
        pass

    # POSIX
    try:
        res = int(os.sysconf("SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN"))

        if res > 0:
            return res
    except (AttributeError, ValueError):
        pass

    # Windows
    try:
        res = int(os.environ["NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS"])

        if res > 0:
            return res
    except (KeyError, ValueError):
        pass

    # jython
    try:
        from java.lang import Runtime

        runtime = Runtime.getRuntime()
        res = runtime.availableProcessors()
        if res > 0:
            return res
    except ImportError:
        pass

    # BSD
    try:
        sysctl = subprocess.Popen(["sysctl", "-n", "hw.ncpu"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
        scStdout = sysctl.communicate()[0]
        res = int(scStdout)

        if res > 0:
            return res
    except (OSError, ValueError):
        pass

    # Linux
    try:
        res = open("/proc/cpuinfo").read().count("processor\t:")

        if res > 0:
            return res
    except IOError:
        pass

    # Solaris
    try:
        pseudoDevices = os.listdir("/devices/pseudo/")
        res = 0
        for pd in pseudoDevices:
            if re.match(r"^cpuid@[0-9]+$", pd):
                res += 1

        if res > 0:
            return res
    except OSError:
        pass

    # Other UNIXes (heuristic)
    try:
        try:
            dmesg = open("/var/run/dmesg.boot").read()
        except IOError:
            dmesgProcess = subprocess.Popen(["dmesg"], stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
            dmesg = dmesgProcess.communicate()[0]

        res = 0
        while "\ncpu" + str(res) + ":" in dmesg:
            res += 1

        if res > 0:
            return res
    except OSError:
        pass

    raise Exception("Can not determine number of CPUs on this system")