Graeme Geldenhuys schreef:
Marc Weustink wrote:
Don't know about the others, but compiling is done by a separate
process, so there is a chance that your os runs it in a different core.
That's not the same as running it in a separate thread though - is it?
Quoted from a Posix Thread tutorial I found on the internet.
http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialPosixThreads.html
"Threads require less overhead than "forking" or spawning a new process
because the system does not initialize a new system virtual memory space
and environment for the process."
So wouldn't it be more efficient to create a new thread for the compiler
instead of a new process?
Yes, it is more efficient. The fp ide also doesn't create a new process.
The disadvantage of using the same process is that the coupling is much
tighter: No easy switching between compiler versions, and crashing the
compiler crashes the IDE.
Vincent
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