From: Josh Cheek <josh.cheek@...>
Date: 2011-10-18T05:12:29+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and threading

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On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Alexey Petrushin <axyd80@gmail.com> wrote:

> Maybe it's a stupid question, but I can't get it - what's the point of
> using OS threads with GIL?
>
> You'll anyway never get situation where two thread runs simultaneously,
> so, what's the point of it?
>
> --
> Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/.
>
>
"MRI 1.9 uses the same technique as MRI 1.8 to improve the situation, namely
the GIL is released if a Thread is waiting on an external event (normally
IO) which improves responsiveness."

-- http://www.engineyard.com/blog/2011/ruby-concurrency-and-you/

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