From: MenTaLguY <mental@...>
Date: 2007-05-10T07:06:08+09:00
Subject: Re: basic threading question: can ruby use real threads?

On Thu, 10 May 2007 06:59:33 +0900, "Kyle Schmitt" <kyleaschmitt@gmail.com> wrote:
> does anyone know if I code on MRI will it automatically use real threads on JRuby,

Yes.

The APIs are the same between MRI and JRuby, though JRuby deliberately hedges
on the implementation of certain unsafe features like Thread#kill, Thread#raise,
and Thread.critical=.

-mental