From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2001-12-20T08:58:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:29037] Re: A Ruby programmer walked into a bar and ordered a Ruby-Thread

HarryO <harryo@zipworld.com.au> writes:

> On Thu, 20 Dec 2001 07:58:47 +1100, Dave Thomas wrote:
> 
> > Well, not really. Under Windows, there doesn't seem to be any switching
> > between threads in some circumstances. Each thread runs to completion,
> > and then another starts. Although arguably correct in a theoretical
> > sense, it isn't much use in practice. Under Unix, threads play nicely
> > with each other (hence the example with counters in the book).
> 
> In which case, the concept that the threading is done in the interpreter
> to make it OS independent seems a little "dodgey" for want of a
> better word.  There's not a lot of point having threads if they don't
> effectively run in parallel.

It's a bug, not expected behavior. It just needs to get fixed.

Dave