[Chicago-talk] Speaking of threading

Jay Strauss me at heyjay.com
Sun Dec 7 21:46:38 CST 2003


5.6.1 on debian (stable, Woody) does not come with thread support,
Activestate for windows does

----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Fast" <gdf at speakeasy.net>
To: "Chicago.pm chatter" <chicago-talk at mail.pm.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 8:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Chicago-talk] Speaking of threading


> On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 17:49:15 -0600, Steven Lembark <lembark at wrkhors.com>
wrote:
> > -- Greg Fast <gdf at speakeasy.net>
> > > general reaction I've gotten from most folk I've talked to has been
> > > "perl threads are scary and I don't want to compile my own perl".
> >
> > Ask the same people if they drive on the highway. You've
> > got much better odds of getting killed walking across the
> > street :-)
> >
> > q.e.d., the unknown is always more frightening than reality.
>
> I agree with your conclusion, though I think you need to double-check
> your stats on highway fatalities :)
>
> I'm still unsure that threaded perls are very widespread, though.  If
> I write an app for my own use I don't mind.  If I'm writing it for a
> larger audience, it's got strikes against it if the first install step
> for a large set of people is going to be "compile a new perl, plus
> lots of modules" (threaded and non- perls are binary incompatible, so
> any XS modules have to be reinstalled under the new perl).
>
> Any sense for what, say, various Linux distros ship with?
>
> --
> Greg Fast
> http://cken.chi.groogroo.com/~gdf/
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