-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > channels (the libthread variety) may pass by reference or value. > so passing by reference or value is orthagonal to the question > of why channels. > > for example, if you have a couple of i/o threads and one mux, > the mux can wait for a message from one of the i/o threads > that might say > a) here's your data (8192 byte+overhead message), or > b) your data is here (sizeof pointer+overhead message) >
Well, yeah, I get that. I think the question I need to ask is "why use Channels at all?" What is the benefit of using Channels when threads can't be bound to a specific CPU in a multi-core system? Aren't Channels just a wrapper for locking a mutex and setting a variable or adding to a queue? D -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHMjXuyWX0NBMJYAcRAhDLAJ9l4vEwsLOBPUorybgd+NXNUlBXBACdGaxj kKd8TljZ7kXHc8vB/qKEHIg= =Sec4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
