| From: | "bbaker(at)priefert(dot)com" <bbaker(at)priefert(dot)com> |
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| To: | Shridhar Daithankar <shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in> |
| Cc: | PGHackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Threads |
| Date: | 2003-01-03 21:50:48 |
| Message-ID: | 3E1605B8.5060403@priefert.com |
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>I am sure, many of you would like to delete this message before reading, hold
>on. :-)
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I'm afraid most posters did not read the message. Those who replied
"Why bother?" did not address your challenge:
>I think threads are useful in difference situations namely parallelising
>blocking conditions and using multiple CPUs.
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This is indeed one of the few good reasons for threads. Indeed,
large/robust systems use a mix.
The consensus of the group is that those who do the work are not ready
for threads. Which is fine. Looking into my crystal ball, I see that
it will happen, though it appears so far away.
bbaker
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