But there is a search. On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 2:02 PM, Mark Hahn <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Why does this same thing get asked over and over? > > It's a shame google groups doesn't have FAQ support. > > > On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 12:21 AM, Duncan Gmail < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Why does this same thing get asked over and over? >> >> On 18 Feb 2013, at 07:35, Bruno Jouhier <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> https://github.com/xk/node-threads-a-gogo >> >> I wrote a blog post about it last year: >> http://bjouhier.wordpress.com/2012/03/11/fibers-and-threads-in-node-js-what-for/ >> >> Bruno >> >> On Monday, February 18, 2013 1:15:48 AM UTC+1, RF wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm CS student who is new to Node, and I have two questions: >>> >>> 1. Is there currently an existing mechanism (e.g. module, core >>> functionality) that allows Node applications to spawn multiple threads >>> (to >>> take advantage of multiple cores for true parallelism) ? >>> 2. If not, would this be a desirable feature? >>> >>> My understanding is that Node applications use a single thread to handle >>> everything by queuing events on an event loop to be processed sequentially. >>> I also understand that this is the core feature that allows Node to >>> grant efficiency gains for specific types of applications, and is the >>> (main?) source of Node's popularity. >>> >>> Given this fact then (and assuming that it's correct), it would seem >>> counter-intuitive to enable multi-threaded functionality in Node when there >>> are other languages/frameworks available potentially more suited to >>> multi-threaded behavior. >>> However, an example use case that I'm thinking of is a situation whereby >>> an existing Node application needs to be adapted or extended with some >>> functionality that would benefit from true parallelism. >>> So, maybe 3 or 4 threads could be created that would handle 3 or 4 tasks >>> more efficiently than Node's existing sequential behavior, while still >>> taking advantage of Node's established execution model in other areas of >>> the application. >>> >>> I was thinking along the lines of creating a Node module that exposes an >>> interface for creating threads and supplying them with the necessary >>> function (and also some mechanisms for dealing with shared data concurrency >>> and consensus issues). >>> I have searched unsuccessfully through available resources in an attempt >>> to answer the above questions, so I'm hoping that someone can help me out. >>> >>> Regards, >>> -Rob >>> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> >> -- >> -- >> Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ >> Posting guidelines: >> https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "nodejs" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "nodejs" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > -- > Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nodejs" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Arunoda Susiripala @arunoda <http://twitter.com/arunoda> <http://gplus.to/arunoda>https://github.com/arunoda http://www.linkedin.com/in/arunoda -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. 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