Re: RFC 178 (v2) Lightweight Threads

[Nick Ing-Simmons]

Alan Burlison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
>
>> Multithreaded programming is hard and for a given program the only
>> person truly knowing how to keep the data consistent and threads not
>> strangling each other is the programmer.  Perl shouldn't try to be too
>> helpful and get in the way.  Just give user the bare minimum, the
>> basic synchronization primitives, and plenty of advice.
>
>Amen.  I've been watching the various thread discussions with increasing
>despair.  

I am glad it isn't just me !

And thanks for re-stating the interpreter-per-thread model.

>Most of the proposals have been so uninformed as to be
>laughable.  

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Nick Ing-Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Via, but not speaking for: Texas Instruments Ltd.