After reading your posts and thinking "wouldn't it be nice to just kick off a thread and not care about the return value" I recall Rich using/liking [1] the Java Executor framework [2]. I looked at clojure.lang.Agent and saw it used there, too. It's tricky because I wouldn't want to lean on Java too much for something this fundamental or go too far without expecting to have to code something as complicated as what's found in core.clj (with possible java mechanics as found in RT.java).
I picture wanting a system that can kick off workers (Executor framework) that only needs start() and join() semantics. I haven't gone through all the Executor and related stuff yet so I still need to read about everything that's available. - - - [1] http://clojure.org/concurrent_programming [2] http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-jtp1126.html On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 3:51 PM, Meikel Brandmeyer <m...@kotka.de> wrote: > Hi, > > Am 16.06.2010 um 22:34 schrieb Christophe Grand: > >> I agree, it still feels a little dirty to use a future without caring >> about the return value but on the positive said you get an easy way to >> block and wait for the tread to finish (deref) and you also get >> future-done?, future-cancel and future-cancelled which can prove >> useful. > > True. This infrastructure is an incentive to use future. Maybe one can wash > away the dirty feeling by believing, that deref'ing is actually a > syncronisation point of sorts and the return value just a "side-effect". > > Sincerely > Meikel > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
