July 31, 2001
6:42 p.m.
Dan Sugalski wrote:
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As for threading, well, that's where things get interesting. Perl's tried it two ways (multiple threads in the same interpreter, and one thread per interpreter, with cloned interpreters) both of which aren't very good. And the global lock thing's not that keen either.
What is the downside of the global lock on the average single processor machine? I tend to think that the "default" threading model should allow simple and easy, everything-shared multi-threading on ordinary machines. Having a multi-processor-friendly advanced mode is a great extension for the wizards. -- Take a recipe. Leave a recipe. Python Cookbook! http://www.ActiveState.com/pythoncookbook