From: Tom M Date: 2008-02-08T03:54:56+09:00 Subject: Re: Embedding ruby 1.9 using native threads On Feb 7, 12:45 pm, Deb 123 wrote: > Hi All, > I've heard that the new ruby interpreter v1.9 is able to handle native > OS threads. However, i've tried a few different ways of running > multiple interpreters in separate threads (on XP), and it doesn't seem > to work. Is there any special initialization to make to the ruby > interpreter, or something i might be missing? > > Thanks! > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. I am not sure, but just as a warning, I don't think 1.9 native threads don't deliver what you might think. It's my understanding that while there is native thread support, there will be a global interpreter lock, so that for virtually everything happening only one thread will be executing at a time pretty much all the time.