| Author | Message | Time |
|---|---|---|
| SecretShop | Heres a question, when writing a few programs I have been presented with the choice to use or not use threads. Every time I usually choose not to and just multi-plex with some async calls. Under what circumstances is it better or worse to use threads and why? What do you guys think? | March 29, 2006, 7:37 PM |
| Yoni | On multiprocessor systems, if you run 1 thread per CPU, you utilize all CPUs. | April 6, 2006, 6:49 PM |
| Myndfyr | [quote author=SecretShop link=topic=14614.msg149328#msg149328 date=1143661068] Heres a question, when writing a few programs I have been presented with the choice to use or not use threads. Every time I usually choose not to and just multi-plex with some async calls. Under what circumstances is it better or worse to use threads and why? What do you guys think? [/quote] When you need to do a background task and not interrupt the GUI. (This is common for print spooling or listening for data over the network). | April 6, 2006, 6:54 PM |
| St0rm.iD | Use non-blocking calls whenever possible (i.e. I/O) and IPC or threads when you need. OT: does anyone know a Scheme implementation with nonblocking I/O? | April 6, 2006, 7:24 PM |
| Yegg | [quote author=Banana fanna fo fanna link=topic=14614.msg149963#msg149963 date=1144351499] OT: does anyone know a Scheme implementation with nonblocking I/O? [/quote] Depending on what you're intersted in, have you tried CHICKEN? If you don't already know about it, it can easily interface with C. | April 6, 2006, 7:45 PM |