Well, after an afternoon's reading, I'm suspecting that I *have* rather missed the point, but am still waiting for all the pieces to settle in my poor head. I was hoping they'd be something like Erlang's spawned processes, but they're not. They're still very cool continuations, though, and I think I've seen a really cool way I can implement a fair way to slice processor time up for GAs & measure their efficiency with them. If I ever get to writing that particular project ... ;) As for node.js, I'm getting more tempted by the day. There's a few things out there that are tempting me to js, not least how fast it is getting, and also the fact that Unity uses a variant of it (although without closures, sadly). And the book "Javascript: The Good Bits" is pretty inspiring!
On 13 June 2010 17:08, Ciaran <[email protected]> wrote: > Come join me in node.js land. Now in windows ;) no need to worry about > any of this nonsense <g> > > On Sunday, June 13, 2010, doug livesey <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just been playing with Fibers in Ruby 1.9, and, um ... They block!In IRB > they do, anyway.I can see how cool they are as continuations, and I can see > that there's loads of potential there, but ... > > > > Aren't they supposed to be replacing threads?I'm thinking I must *really* > have had the wrong end of the stick, there!So what do I do if I want to > launch something in a separate process in Ruby 1.9? > > > > Is it still threads?Ugh! Doug. > > > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nwrug-members%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NWRUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nwrug-members%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NWRUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nwrug-members?hl=en.
