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Re: [MacPerl] Threaded??

Vicki Brown <vlb@cfcl.com> writes:
>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

Yes.

>1) ???

Yes.

Matthias

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    even aspire to crudeness." -- William Gibson, _Johnny Mnemonic_

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