From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2008-06-30T20:10:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Threads and Ruby

2008/6/30 barjunk <barjunk@attglobal.net>:
> I've been hunting around for information regarding threads, and to me,
> it seems confusing and conflicting.
>
> What I'm trying to find out is...if I was going to start using threads
> in Ruby, which version of Ruby should I be using.
>
> I've seen folks say that I should use Ruby 1.9 and others say that it
> is possible to use earlier versions.  Nothing that I found seemed
> definitive.
>
> I'm new to all this, so this may be part of the problem.
>
> What I'd like to accomplish is starting a main ruby instance, then
> launch threads from that instance that run in their own sandbox.
>
> At this point, I don't believe the threads need to talk with each
> other, but it seems I could use some form of message passing to
> accomplish this.

As Ara said, in this case processes are the better choice for several
reasons: they have separation out of the box and they can make use of
multiple cores (which Ruby threads can't unless you use JRuby - this
may change with future 1.9 versions AFAIK).

Kind regards

robert

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