On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 02:59, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > On 21 Mar 2002, Jason van Zyl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I assume that ant is not made to take advantage of a multi-processor > > box, > > Ant isn't doing too many things that could take advantage of multiple > processors - it doesn't compile itself but uses your JDK's javac (you > know that 8-) which won't take advantage of multiple processors for > example. > > If there are things in your build process that can be done in > parallel, you can use Ant's <parallel> task (Ant >= 1.4) and run them > in parallel. This should take advantage of multiple processors if > your JVM uses native threads. > > If you put <javac> inside <parallel>, make sure you fork new processes > though as Sun's javac code doesn't seem to be thread-safe.
Are there any solutions that would make a 4-way machine appear as a machine with a single processor so that single threaded code can take advantage of those extra processors transparently? I have a 4-way box here that is sitting idle here @ zenplex and I may have access to 2 8-way machines but if running ant isn't going to be able to take advantage of these machines (in some form, don't mind doing some work) then I might as well run builds on my build box at home. > Stefan > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- jvz. Jason van Zyl [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://tambora.zenplex.org -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
