[EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on Wed, Sep 23, 1998 at 09:29:19AM -
0400:
> Are you saying that if my application has 5 threads running, and
> one of them blocks on a blocking method (i.e., BufferedReader.readLine()
> on a client socket) then the 4 other threads are blocking (not running)
> also during this time??
The answer depends on the operating system used. If all threads have the
same priority, then a call to a blocking console I/O operation will block
all other peer threads on Solaris, but will not on Windows. This is an
area where the "write once, run anywhere" statement fails. The solution
is to execute threads that perform console I/O with a lower priority.
Alexander
