[Python-Dev] Pythonic concurrency

[Bruce Eckel]

I don't know of anything that exists. There is an upcoming book that
may help:

Java Concurrency in Practice, by Brian Goetz, Tim Peierls, Joshua
Bloch, Joseph Bowbeer, David Holmes, and Doug Lea (Addison-Wesley
2006).

I have had assistance from some of the authors, but don't know if it
introduces the concepts from the research paper. Estimated publication
is February.

However, you might get something from Scott Meyer's analysis of the
concurrency issues surrounding the double-checked locking algorithm:
http://www.aristeia.com/Papers/DDJ_Jul_Aug_2004_revised.pdf

Thursday, October 13, 2005, 8:36:21 AM, Michael Hudson wrote:

> Bruce Eckel <BruceEckel-Python3234 at mailblocks.com> writes:

>> Not only are there significant new library components in
>> java.util.concurrent in J2SE5, but perhaps more important is the new
>> memory model that deals with issues that are (especially) revealed in
>> multiprocessor environments. The new memory model represents new work
>> in the computer science field; apparently the original paper is
>> written by Ph.D.s and is a bit too theoretical for the normal person
>> to follow. But the smart threading guys studied this and came up with
>> the new Java memory model -- so that volatile, for example, which
>> didn't work quite right before, does now. This is part of J2SE5, and
>> this work is being incorporated into the upcoming C++0x.

> Do you have a link that explains this sort of thing for the layman?

> Cheers,
> mwh



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