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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: threads
From:       Stephan Kulow <coolo () kde ! org>
Date:       1999-12-03 12:04:27
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"Dirk A. Mueller" wrote:
> 
> On Fre, 03 Dez 1999, Lubos Lunak wrote:
> 
> > Well, Pth is cooperative multithreading library, and has exactly defined
> > context-switch points
> 
> that's the problem. _cooperative_ multithreading is in no way better than
> the current QTimer solution. If one thread blocks, the whole app will hang.

Yes, but how many things you do that are _meant_ to block and can't be
programmed in another way?

Greetings, Stephan

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