Subject: Re: SMP/flogging a dead horse
To: John F. Woods <jfw@jfwhome.funhouse.com>
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@hoffman.vix.com>
List: current-users
Date: 08/29/1998 17:01:08
> Nevertheless, I've seen attempts to patch single-threaded code into
> multi-processor code go into the weeds a hell of a lot faster and a hell of
> a lot more frequently than attempts to engineer proper multithreaded data
> structures from the start. The difference between a single-threaded system
> and a multi-processor system is *not* just missing code.
Whatever, John. We already have single-threaded data structures, so
I'm not sure how this argument advances your cause.
_MelloN_