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Re: [MacPerl] Threaded??
At 17:26 -0400 98/08/05, Chris Nandor wrote:
> At 17.17 -0400 1998.08.05, Eric Schissel wrote:
> >I suspect this is a really stupid question, and your forbearance is
> >requested and appreciated *vbg* What would "threaded" MacPerl be? (That
> >is, what does "threaded" mean?)
>
> Two ways to think of it, that I gather.
>
> One, a single MacPerl program can spawn multiple threads, which is similar
> in idea to forking, which MacPerl (indeed, perl on most non-Unix OSes)
> cannot do.
>
> Two, the MacPerl app itself can execute multiple simultaneous programs.
> This is especially useful -- indeed, practically required -- for any
> serious CGI work. It is the reason I used to suggest Frontier to people
> who were running web servers on their Macs and needed CGIs.
And what does Matthias mean by threaded?
2) I'm sure
1) ???
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