On Fri, Oct 07, 2005, Bruce Eckel wrote: > > I always have a problem with this. After many years of studying > concurrency on-and-off, I continue to believe that threading is very > difficult (indeed, the more I study it, the more difficult I > understand it to be). And I admit this. The comments I sometimes get > back are to the effect that "threading really isn't that hard." Thus, > I am just too dense to get it.
What I generally say is that threading isn't too hard if you stick with some fairly simple idioms and tools -- and make absolutely certain to follow some rules about sharing data. But it's certainly true that threading (and concurrency) in general is mind-numbingly complex. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." --Red Adair _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
