There are various advantages (simplicity, comprehensibility, flexibility) that single threaded, evented models have over multi-threaded paradigm. The biggest argument is that threading is hard and not many people actually know how to do it properly.
Brendan Eich (creator of JS) spoken on this in November, give it a listen: http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/pages/20101108 -- Chris Williams Twitter: http://twitter.com/voodootikigod OurParents: http://ourparents.com JSConf US: http://jsconf.us Minute With: http://minutewith.com On Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Chris Williams wrote: > > There are various advantages (simplicity, comprehensibility, flexibility) > that single threaded, evented models have over multi-threaded paradigm. The > biggest argument is that threading is hard and not many people actually know > how to do it properly. > > > Brendan Eich (creator of JS) spoken on this in November, give it a listen: > http://www.aminutewithbrendan.com/pages/20101108 > > -- > Chris Williams > > > Twitter: http://twitter.com/voodootikigod > OurParents: http://ourparents.com > JSConf US: http://jsconf.us > Minute With: http://minutewith.com > > > > > On Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Yu-Hsuan Lai wrote: > > > Javascript is a functional language, it's proper to design thread-safe > > program. > > And most modern language can support multi-threading programming. > > It's just a legacy? Or single thread has some advantages for javascript? > > > > -- > > Lai, Yu-Hsuan > > > > > > -- > > To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
