At 02:29 PM 10/3/2001 -0700, Glen Starchman wrote:
>On Wednesday 03 October 2001 14:35, Dan Sugalski wrote:
> > At 02:21 PM 10/3/2001 -0700, Glen Starchman wrote:
> > >It has been my experience that working with threading libraries can
> > > be somewhat messy and so I am trying to find the best way to
> > > integrate support without (hopefull) having to gut the VM code too
> > > much.
> >
> > If you didn't plan on threading from the beginning of your VM design,
> > odds are you're going to have to gut and redo things a lot. Threads
> > don't work too well as a bolt-on aftermarket option. :(
>
>Thanks... that's pretty much what I have been anticpating. Although, it
>might not be too bad of a thing as there are certain parts of the VM I
>wanted to rip apart anyway.
Threading changes everything. Or at least it renders a bunch of assumptions
that used to be safe unsafe.
In some ways its even a good thing, since it forces you to look hard at
your underlying design, and that's never bad. (Even if what you find
ultimately is. *cough*perl5*cough* :)
Dan
--------------------------------------"it's like this"-------------------
Dan Sugalski even samurai
[EMAIL PROTECTED] have teddy bears and even
teddy bears get drunk
