On Aug 13, 2010, at 5:38 PM, Ernest N. Prabhakar, Ph.D. wrote: > Hi Scott, > > On Aug 13, 2010, at 1:46 PM, easco wrote: >>> Remember, nobody is defending the POSIX pthread APIs here, they're saying >>> that GCD makes Fibers less relevant... >> >> GCD makes Fibers less relevant so long as you are willing to lock your code >> to the MacRuby platform. ;-) But I think we've all agreed on that point as >> well. > > Um, I'm not sure. My understanding is that: > > a) GCD makes it trivial to implement the *semantics* of Fibers, by using > e.g., semaphores for suspend/resume > > b) GCD does not make it trivial to implement the *syntax* of Fibers, but that > should be possible with some (relatively minor) MacRuby hacking > > Am I missing something?
What happens if a thread is executing a GCD block, and that block yields (blocks on the semaphore). Will GCD release the blocked thread to handle other queues that are not blocked? Scott _______________________________________________ MacRuby-devel mailing list MacRuby-devel@lists.macosforge.org http://lists.macosforge.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/macruby-devel
