Nathan Meyers wrote:
>
> Joseph Shraibman wrote:
>
> > Jeffrey I Condon/Cupertino/IBM wrote:
> > >
> > > A proposal for fixing the Java programming language's threading problems
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Allen Holub suggests that the Java programming language's threading model
> > > is possibly the weakest part of the language. This article proposes
> > > significant changes and additions to the Java language that would address
> > > many of these problems.
> > >
>http://www-4.ibm.com/software/developer/library/j-king.html?open&l=258,t=gr,p=j.king
> > >
> > I agree with a lot of those, especially the need for reader/writer
> > locks, but some I don't. I think wait/notify is pretty clear and I
> > don't like his proposed changes. Some of the changes I just didn't get.
> > Can someone explain why we should wrap our threads in other threads?
>
> The MxN threading model (user-space threads within kernel threads)
But how exactly does making your own thread help? You would have to do
your own task management, and to what purpose?
has long been part of
> Solaris. It would be a pretty nice addition to Linux, given Linux's thread scaling
> limits.
Which should be going away in the 2.4 kernel.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
