I must comment that the below analogy is somewhat incorrect
In computer terms the 'man' is multitasking.
The woman is some sort of chaos theory driven non-turing machine
Regards Neven
N.K. MacEwan B.E. E&E
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From: Matt Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, 13 April 2000 10:06
Subject: Re: [DUG]: thread definition.
> > I have a conference coming up in which I'm demoing a program. I want to
> > touch on the concept of threads but the audience is particularly
computer
> > illiterate.
> > Can anyone help me explain the concept of threads in a basic way?
>
> "Over here, we have a man. The man is ostensibly sitting on the couch
> watching rugby and drinking beer, but notice that he can't do both at the
> same time. When he's drinking his beer, he will often miss an important
> tackle or a particularly brilliant pass, and when the rugby gets really
> exciting, his beer will remain untouched for seconds at a time. The man is
a
> SINGLE-TASKING PROCESS.
>
> "Over *here*, we have a woman. Notice how the woman is able to do more
than
> one thing at once. For example, she can be doing the ironing, planning a
> complex meal and sorting out the social lives of her three children, all
at
> the same time. The woman is a MULTI-TASKING PROCESS.
>
> "Software should be more like a woman than a man. If your software is male
> (i.e. single-tasking), it takes longer to execute and may be less
> responsive. It also leaves the toilet seat up. If you have female, or
> multi-tasking, software, particularly time-consuming tasks can be placed
in
> the "background", and the program will be faster and more responsive to
the
> user. One downside of multi-tasking, or threads, is that it can take up
more
> resources, but at least it gets rid of the smell."
>
> :)
>
> - The Other Matt (TM)
>
> http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mattpowe
>
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