fix: using thread pool on macOS (#1861)

The python parser uses ProcessPoolExecutor, which is problematic on
macOS when it is distributed as a zip file, leading to errors like:

```
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/var/folders/fw/vythc6112ygfsvky8mdb5p580000gn/T/Bazel.runfiles_esxfeg_v/runfiles/python3_aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/python3.9/multiprocessing/resource_tracker.py", line 24, in <module>
    from . import spawn
  File "/var/folders/fw/vythc6112ygfsvky8mdb5p580000gn/T/Bazel.runfiles_esxfeg_v/runfiles/python3_aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/python3.9/multiprocessing/spawn.py", line 13, in <module>
    import runpy
  File "/var/folders/fw/vythc6112ygfsvky8mdb5p580000gn/T/Bazel.runfiles_esxfeg_v/runfiles/python3_aarch64-apple-darwin/lib/python3.9/runpy.py", line 19, in <module>
    from pkgutil import read_code, get_importer
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'pkgutil'
```

According to ["Contexts and start methods"
section](https://docs.python.org/3/library/multiprocessing.html#contexts-and-start-methods)
of the documentation:

> On macOS, the spawn start method is now the default. The fork start
method should be considered unsafe as it can lead to crashes of the
subprocess as macOS system libraries may start threads.

meanwhile:

> The 'spawn' and 'forkserver' start methods generally cannot be used
with “frozen” executables (i.e., binaries produced by packages like
PyInstaller and cx_Freeze) on POSIX systems.

This means there is no way to start a ProcessPoolExecutor when the
Python zip file is running on macOS. This PR switches it to
ThreadPoolExecutor instead.
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