At 05:03 17/6/00 +0200, you wrote: >Hi Conor, > >What is the advantage of executing tasks asynch ? Perhaps I'm missing >something here, but I'd say they are usually processor-bound, so you will not >get extra speed out of it. And since a Java process is single-process by >design, I assume even a second processor would not be able to speed this up.
It's extremely useful if you have to transfer stuff across the network. None of my tasks need this functionality now but I suspect they may in the future Cheers, Pete *------------------------------------------------------* | "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want | | to test a man's character, give him power." | | -Abraham Lincoln | *------------------------------------------------------*
