tcl and threading
Q X
I am interested in implementing a threaded windows application that
communicates with many sockets and serial ports. I was wondering if
anyone can comment on how well TCL 8.4/tk (on windows) is suited for
this.
I've also been looking for a tcl 8.4/tk implementation that was built
with threading enabled without having any luck (it doesn't appear easy
to build my own). Anyone know where I can download one?
Help is much appreciated.
Jeffrey Hobbs
> I am interested in implementing a threaded windows application that
> communicates with many sockets and serial ports. I was wondering if
> anyone can comment on how well TCL 8.4/tk (on windows) is suited for
Tcl/Tk is well suited for this, and has no requirements for threads
in such a situation - the event loop suffices.
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Jeff Hobbs The Tcl Guy
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Tcl Support and Productivity Solutions
Cameron Laird
Jeffrey Hobbs <Je...@ActiveState.com> wrote:
>Q X wrote:
>> I am interested in implementing a threaded windows application that
>> communicates with many sockets and serial ports. I was wondering if
>> anyone can comment on how well TCL 8.4/tk (on windows) is suited for
>
>Tcl/Tk is well suited for this, and has no requirements for threads
>in such a situation - the event loop suffices.
.
.
I'm going to repeat this, because it so often happens
that newcomers to Tcl don't understand this explana-
tion.
Do you want to thread with Tcl? Tcl can do that; but
NOT in the standard distribution. You have to get a
Tcl processor built for threading. It's not hard to
do this, but it's not the default.
Do you want to communicate with many sockets and serial
ports? Standard Tcl has a way to do this that is
BETTER than threading. As Jeff summarizes, "the event
loop suffices".
I summarize: your first job is to decide what your
true requirement is. Is threading essential to you,
or just a means to an end?
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According to Cameron Laird <cla...@phaseit.net>:
:I'm going to repeat this, because it so often happens
:that newcomers to Tcl don't understand this explana-
:tion.
:
:Do you want to thread with Tcl?
To get a base Tcl library built for threading, one can either download
a distribution specifically built for threading, or one can download
the standard source code distribution, along with the extension designed
to make programming with threads easier, and then build these for yourself.
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Q X
I'm not exactly clear how the event loop suffices as a replacement for
threading. Could you (or anyone) please explain further or refer me
to some sample code?
Jeffrey Hobbs <Je...@ActiveState.com> wrote in message news:<3E461988...@ActiveState.com>...
Michael Schlenker
> Thanks for your reply Jeffrey.
> I'm not exactly clear how the event loop suffices as a replacement for
> threading. Could you (or anyone) please explain further or refer me
> to some sample code?
>
http://mini.net/tcl/1904
http://mini.net/tcl/489
Some example code for non-threading network servers
http://mini.net/tcl/8301
http://mini.net/tcl/1757
A http daemon with or without threading
http://mini.net/tcl/tclhttpd
Michael Schlenker
David Gravereaux
>I've also been looking for a tcl 8.4/tk implementation that was built
>with threading enabled without having any luck (it doesn't appear easy
>to build my own). Anyone know where I can download one?
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1616&release_id=120053
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David Gravereaux <davy...@pobox.com>
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