[sapug] Me English Speak Good.

Daryl Tester Daryl.Tester at iocane.com.au
Tue Aug 22 14:47:42 CEST 2006


Chris Foote wrote:

>> The "Escape from Multithreaded Hell" is an interesting read
>> (at least, I remember it being an interesting read when
>> I read it, which is a while ago now).

Just in case I came across in the meet as an anti-thread racist,
I'm not really.  :-)  I've just come across too many developers/
programmers who've used threads to solve the wrong problem (e.g.
network latency), then surprised when its bit them elsewhere.
Multi-process on the other hand ...

> Very good reading - thanks.

I attempted to implement Vats under Python, but didn't understand
the model well enough (which is why I was implementing it in the
first place ...).

> p.s. I hadn't ever heard of the 'E' language before.  (You think they
> could have come up with a better name :-))

I suppose Ecstacy was already taken (pun intended).  The capability
stuff really intrigues me - E and its mate, the Eros operating
system.

-- 
Regards,
  Daryl Tester, IOCANE Pty. Ltd.


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