In our previous episode, Boian Mitov said: > True, in their case it is core pool. Another concern is that in multicore > situation the operating systems tend to use spinlocks for the threads > instead of context switching locks. This probably will lead to CPU waste if > locks are used to suspend the threads in the pool.
Well, that is the responsibility of the programmer. He can choose between a _paralel_ for and a non paralel one. But indeed it could be a waste if some iterations of the for loop can last longer than others. _______________________________________________ fpc-devel maillist - [email protected] http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-devel
