Re: The value of threads (was Re: META.yml how to declare the need for threaded perl?)

2008-11-02 Thread Aristotle Pagaltzis
* Chris Dolan [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2008-11-01 22:25]: On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Dr.Ruud wrote: I think it was Randal Schwartz who said something like: If the answer involves threads, then the question was wrong. Most likely that quote comes from a year when multi-processor systems were not

The value of threads (was Re: META.yml how to declare the need for threaded perl?)

2008-11-01 Thread Chris Dolan
On Nov 1, 2008, at 10:39 AM, Dr.Ruud wrote: Gabor Szabo schreef: I guess we can implement everything with fork but I think - maybe because of my lack of experience in threads - that it will be better to use them than to fork. I think it was Randal Schwartz who said something like: If the