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Hzwakenberg at 14:39, 3 July 2024

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	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil'''].		Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil'''].
−	Then again, in ~~the~~ same book that contains this essay, he also comments on garbage collectors in a rather negative way, so take all of this with a grain of salt. The book is from 2003 or thereabout, and the world has moved on since then (see next paragraph)… :)	+	Then again, in that same book that contains this essay ("The Art of Unix Programming"), he also comments on garbage collectors in a rather negative way, so take all of this with a grain of salt. The book is from 2003 or thereabout, and the world has moved on since then (see next paragraph)… :)

	One of these recent developments is the [https://lmax-exchange.github.io/disruptor/user-guide/index.html Disruptor Pattern], which demonstrates that extremely fast multi-threading message passing is possible without using any locks at all.		One of these recent developments is the [https://lmax-exchange.github.io/disruptor/user-guide/index.html Disruptor Pattern], which demonstrates that extremely fast multi-threading message passing is possible without using any locks at all.

Hzwakenberg at 12:17, 3 January 2022

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−	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil''']. Then again, in the same book that contains this essay, he also comments on garbage collectors in a rather negative way, so take all of this with a grain of salt. The book is from 2003 or thereabout, and the world has moved on since then... :)	+	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil'''].
		+	Then again, in the same book that contains this essay, he also comments on garbage collectors in a rather negative way, so take all of this with a grain of salt. The book is from 2003 or thereabout, and the world has moved on since then (see next paragraph)… :)
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		+	One of these recent developments is the [https://lmax-exchange.github.io/disruptor/user-guide/index.html Disruptor Pattern], which demonstrates that extremely fast multi-threading message passing is possible without using any locks at all.

	Note that we do expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers non-preemptive 'cooperative multitasking'.		Note that we do expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers non-preemptive 'cooperative multitasking'.

Hzwakenberg at 12:54, 21 December 2021

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−	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil''']. Then again, in the same book that contains this essay, he ~~alo~~ comments on garbage collectors in a rather negative way, so take all of this with a grain of salt. The book is from 2003 or thereabout and the world has moved on since then... :)	+	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil''']. Then again, in the same book that contains this essay, he also comments on garbage collectors in a rather negative way, so take all of this with a grain of salt. The book is from 2003 or thereabout, and the world has moved on since then... :)

	Note that we do expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers non-preemptive 'cooperative multitasking'.		Note that we do expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers non-preemptive 'cooperative multitasking'.

Hzwakenberg at 08:03, 6 September 2018

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−	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil''']	+	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil''']. Then again, in the same book that contains this essay, he alo comments on garbage collectors in a rather negative way, so take all of this with a grain of salt. The book is from 2003 or thereabout and the world has moved on since then... :)

−	Note that we expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers 'cooperative multitasking'.	+	Note that we do expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers non-preemptive 'cooperative multitasking'.

Hzwakenberg at 15:25, 19 June 2016

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−	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 why threads are evil]	+	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 '''why threads are evil''']

	Note that we expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers 'cooperative multitasking'.		Note that we expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers 'cooperative multitasking'.

Hzwakenberg at 20:28, 6 September 2014

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	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 why threads are evil]		Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 why threads are evil]

−	Note that we expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]].	+	Note that we expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]], which offers 'cooperative multitasking'.

Hzwakenberg at 20:27, 6 September 2014

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	Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 why threads are evil]		Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 why threads are evil]

−	Note that we expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday.	+	Note that we expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday. Until then, perhaps you might also want to check out [[Lib/sequencer]].

Ramack at 20:56, 4 March 2013

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Ramack: 10 revisions: initial import from SamrtEiffel Wiki - The Grand SmartEiffel Book

2013-03-03T21:46:25Z

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Cadrian: moving to Talk

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Eric Raymond has written a pretty good essay about [http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/ch07s09.html#id2916186 why threads are evil]

Note that we expect to implement [[SCOOP]] someday.