--- On Sat, 8/8/09, Doubi <doubi...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> From: Doubi <doubi...@googlemail.com> > Subject: Re: Ithreads [was: Re: Documentation?] > To: "wxPerl users" <wxperl-users@perl.org> > Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 4:53 PM > Mattia Barbon wrote: > > [...] at my previous job if the task called for > threads, Python was used, and Perl was not considered an > option (and, frankly, for very good reasons): > > > > - memory occupation > > - creating new threads is slow > > - because some key modules are not thread-safe (DBI > for example, > > discourages use of threads in > production!) > > > > And, unfortunately, I have heard many > more people raising similar points than I heard people > saying that ithreads were the right tool for their job. > Do you (or does anyone) know what the situation will be > like under Perl 6? > > In light of the recent use.perl post by pmichaud, it seems > now is the time to raise these issues with the P6 > development team to make sure that it surpasses P5's > limitations in concurrency / threading. > > If I knew enough about the topic to formulate a > constructive & coherent request I'd get in touch with > them myself. What is needed, beyond "Make threading work > better"? > > -- Ryan > I think regarding Perl 6 threads is not a Perl 6 question, but rather a Parrot one. Since Parrot is supposed to support a whole bunch of languages, I hope the issue is taken care of. Anyway, the above are just my general thoughts. Regards, Sergei.
