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Benjamin Goldberg  
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 More options Feb 27 2002, 9:55 pm
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From: Benjamin Goldberg <gold...@earthlink.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:05:36 -0500
Local: Wed, Feb 27 2002 10:05 pm
Subject: Re: So, multithreading...
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David Frauzel wrote:

> lo...@cs.utexas.edu (Logan Shaw) wrote in message <news:a518eg$bpg$1@charity.cs.utexas.edu>...
> > ...
> > There's also the fact that some problems are expressed more easily
> > in terms of threads.  If you have are handling several interactive
> > sessions or several concurrent web requests, it makes things easier
> > if you have a thread associated with each session or request.

> Wow, that was a very clear explanation, and the reasoning makes
> perfect sense. Thanks. :)

> Now my (more Perl-related) question becomes: are threads still
> unreliable as of 5.6.1? (Specifically ActiveState for Win, if that
> makes a difference.) Or is the word still, "Wait for ithreads in 6"?

You can fork() reliably in 5.6.1, and *should* be able to use threads
reliably in 5.8 (coming in May!  I think it's May, anyway...).  If
you're wondering how stable the threads for 5.8 will be, you can
download 5.7.2, and try using them: what you see is pretty close to what
you will get.

--
print reverse( ",rekcah", " lreP", " rehtona", " tsuJ" )."\n";


 
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