From: Robert Klemme <shortcutter@...>
Date: 2011-10-18T05:13:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby and threading

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 10:02 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?

No, with a GIL no two threads can concurrently hold the lock.  But a
thread which does not need the lock can execute in parallel (e.g.
while doing a syscall).  For specifics you would have to ask Matz or
read the source.

Kind regards

robert

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