From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2006-05-01T20:21:03+09:00
Subject: Re: Multiplexed I/O

2006/5/1, Minkoo Seo <minkoo.seo@gmail.com>:
> Robert Klemme wrote:
> > No. You can have a multi threaded application that uses blocking IO
> > (interface wise) concurrently.
>
> I can't understand this. If ruby uses non native multithreading, then
> all threads will run in the same process. And that implies that one
> blocking I/O operation stop the all threads in the ruby interpreter
> process, doesn't it?

This is true only if the interpreter itself uses blocking IO - which
is not the case.  Hence the term "interface wise" in my quote above.

robert

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