28 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-archRe: Threads goals version III| From | Sent On | Attachments |
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| Julian Elischer | Oct 31, 1999 7:08 pm | |
| Julian Elischer | Oct 31, 1999 11:55 pm | |
| John Birrell | Oct 31, 1999 11:56 pm | |
| Michael Schuster - TSC SunOS Germany | Nov 1, 1999 12:51 am | |
| Andrew Reilly | Nov 1, 1999 3:11 am | |
| Daniel Eischen | Nov 1, 1999 4:26 am | |
| Peter Dufault | Nov 1, 1999 4:33 am | |
| Daniel Eischen | Nov 1, 1999 4:33 am | |
| Randell Jesup | Nov 1, 1999 12:28 pm | |
| John Birrell | Nov 1, 1999 1:44 pm | |
| Peter Dufault | Nov 1, 1999 1:52 pm | |
| Jake Burkholder | Nov 1, 1999 3:17 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Nov 4, 1999 10:03 am | |
| Peter Jeremy | Nov 4, 1999 1:56 pm | |
| Daniel M. Eischen | Nov 4, 1999 2:48 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Nov 4, 1999 2:49 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Nov 4, 1999 3:13 pm | |
| Amancio Hasty | Nov 4, 1999 4:48 pm | |
| Russell L. Carter | Nov 4, 1999 5:16 pm | |
| Amancio Hasty | Nov 4, 1999 6:04 pm | |
| Daniel M. Eischen | Nov 4, 1999 7:04 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Nov 5, 1999 3:00 pm | |
| Terry Lambert | Nov 5, 1999 3:39 pm | |
| Amancio Hasty | Nov 5, 1999 4:07 pm | |
| Daniel C. Sobral | Nov 6, 1999 1:01 am | |
| Chris Csanady | Nov 6, 1999 6:23 pm | |
| Daniel C. Sobral | Nov 6, 1999 11:48 pm | |
| Julian Elischer | Nov 7, 1999 2:11 am |
| Subject: | Re: Threads goals version III | |
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| From: | Peter Jeremy (jere...@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au) | |
| Date: | Nov 4, 1999 1:56:27 pm | |
| List: | org.freebsd.freebsd-arch | |
On 1999-Nov-05 05:04:17 +1100, Terry Lambert wrote:
1) A means of allowing programmers to build procedural soloutions instead of state machines.
This is really a programmer convenience, for programmers who know how to write linear code, but don't know how to do finite state automata,
I think that's being a bit unfair.
One problem with FSA's is that following their internal logic can sometimes be substantially more difficult than following an equivalent linear control flow. This makes than more difficult to write and check - and increases the maintenance costs.
1) SMP scalability
IMHO, this is going to rise in importance over time - and probably become the predominant reason for writing threaded code. It's becoming more and more difficult to make single processors faster, so fast machines will increasingly rely on multiple processors.
Julian has asked me several times to write up my threading model; he's seen it on a white board, and I've been able to address all of his concerns regarding it there.
The rest of us would also like to see it.
Peter
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