Hi, > context-switches happen only on specific events, which every > thread will usually engage in, although it need not always do so: > > 1 only calls to yield > 2 any calls to concurrency library api > 3 any allocation
The Yhc concurrency switches every n instructions, and therefore even an "evil" thread cannot lock up the system. Of course, even with fully pre-emptive scheduling, you've still got deadlocks... Thanks Neil _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list [email protected] http://haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime
