def METHOD_NAME():
    '''
    Returns the number of CPUs in the system
    '''
    if sys.platform == 'win32':
        try:
            num = int(os.environ['NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS'])
        except (ValueError, KeyError):
            num = 0
    elif 'bsd' in sys.platform or sys.platform == 'darwin':
        comm = '/sbin/sysctl -n hw.ncpu'
        if sys.platform == 'darwin':
            comm = '/usr' + comm
        try:
            with os.popen(comm) as p:
                num = int(p.read())
        except ValueError:
            num = 0
    else:
        try:
            num = os.sysconf('SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN')
        except (ValueError, OSError, AttributeError):
            num = 0
    if num >= 1:
        return num
    else:
        raise NotImplementedError('cannot determine number of cpus')