Re: Thread model

2008-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Wed, 2008-03-12 at 20:46 +0100, Neal H. Walfield wrote: > At Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:32:26 -0400, > Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 12:10 +0100, Neal H. Walfield wrote: > > > What you are suggesting is essentially using a user-level thread > > > package. (Compacting a thread's

Re: Thread model

2008-03-12 Thread Neal H. Walfield
At Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:32:26 -0400, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 12:10 +0100, Neal H. Walfield wrote: > > What you are suggesting is essentially using a user-level thread > > package. (Compacting a thread's state in the form of a closure is a > > nice optimization, but the mo

Re: Thread model

2008-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 12:10 +0100, Neal H. Walfield wrote: > What you are suggesting is essentially using a user-level thread > package. (Compacting a thread's state in the form of a closure is a > nice optimization, but the model essentially remains the same.) The > main advantage to user-level

Re: Thread model

2008-03-12 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, At Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:10:17 +0100, Neal H. Walfield wrote: > What you are suggesting is essentially using a user-level thread > package. (Compacting a thread's state in the form of a closure is a > nice optimization, but the model essentially remains the same.) The > main advantage to user-