From: Michael Neumann <mneumann@...>
Date: 2004-12-04T01:12:13+09:00
Subject: Re: [nuby] about ruby multithreading

James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Dec 3, 2004, at 9:47 AM, Lionel Thiry wrote:
> 
>> Hello!
>> I need help:
>>     Is Ruby multithreading cooperative or preemptive?
> 
> 
> Preemptive.
> 
>> I mean: am I forced to abuse of Thread.pass in (every heavy) threads 
>> or may I just assume the ruby interpreter will commute threads itself?
> 
> 
> Yes, ruby will handle thread scheduling.
> 
>> Another question:
>>     Is Ruby multithreading blocked by system calls?
>>
>> Like for example when calling system("command line").
> 
> 
> Hmm, good question.  I assume yes, but let's let someone who knows 
> better than me answer this one...  ;)

Yes:

   Thread.new {
     loop do
       sleep 1
       p "."
     end
    }

    system("sleep 10000")

And for IO operations, this is true, too. Ruby does not block on 
read/write as it internally uses select.

Regards,

   Michael