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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: threading in kde
From:       "Calvin R. Smith" <casmith () learnframe ! com>
Date:       2001-09-07 19:00:14
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hmm how about java?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rik Hemsley" <rik@kde.org>
To: <kde-devel@kde.org>
Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 11:33 AM
Subject: Re: threading in kde


> #if Andrew Sutton
> 
> > i understand your concerns, but realistically "thread safe" is a per instance 
> > quality of code and doesn't require massive rewrites, redesigns or 
> > re-architecture to solve these problems.
> 
> Also, thread safety is not an all-or-nothing thing.
> 
> * It is possible to safely add a Qt interface to a threaded application
>   without needing to even link to the MT version of the Qt library.
> 
> * Using qt-mt, you may safely send events from one thread to the GUI
>   thread. This is sufficient thread safety for many applications.
> 
> Qt is nowhere near completely thread safe and likely will stay that
> way for many years, perhaps for its lifetime.
> 
> Does anyone know of a completely thread-safe development platform ?
> 
> Rik
> 
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