Is Transactional Memory Relevant to PicoLisp?

2011-09-09 Thread Jakob Eriksson
As seen here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_transactional_memory I noticed that Common Lisp and other Lisps have support for transactional memory. I read this and became curious:

Re: Is Transactional Memory Relevant to PicoLisp?

2011-09-09 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jakob, As seen here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_transactional_memory ATM I cannot see how this could be useful. PicoLisp has no threads, and in the context of database transactions it seems to make no sense in PicoLisp's object caching model. Cheers, - Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE:

Re: Is Transactional Memory Relevant to PicoLisp?

2011-09-09 Thread Alexander Burger
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 03:04:21PM +0200, Jakob Eriksson wrote: ATM I cannot see how this could be useful. PicoLisp has no threads, and If you defined threads less strict, such that processes could be threads, could it make sense then? Only if some shared/mapped memory is used, as far as I

Re: Is Transactional Memory Relevant to PicoLisp?

2011-09-09 Thread Jakob Eriksson
On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 03:57:49PM +0200, Alexander Burger wrote: On Fri, Sep 09, 2011 at 03:04:21PM +0200, Jakob Eriksson wrote: ATM I cannot see how this could be useful. PicoLisp has no threads, and If you defined threads less strict, such that processes could be threads, could it