From: Jam Bees <jam@...>
Date: 2012-10-09T11:36:25+09:00
Subject: Re: Why doesn't ruby support native threading?


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Try reading "working with unix processes". It's written with ruby, available=
 as an ebook, and is fantastic: http://pragprog.com/book/jsunix/working-with=
-unix-processes

On 8 Oct 2012, at 18:01, Tony Arcieri <tony.arcieri@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:38 PM, ajay paswan <lists@ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> I think supporting native threading is a great thing in terms of
>> parallel computation, then why ruby doesnt support it, in other way, why
>> ruby maker is not thinking to give it native support.. very curious to
>> know.
>=20
>=20
> JRuby and Rubinius both support thread-level parallelism at the CPU level w=
ithout any sort of global interpreter lock (among other implementations, the=
y are just the two most popular with this feature)
>=20
> --=20
> Tony Arcieri
>=20

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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div>Try reading "working with unix process=
es". It's written with ruby, available as an ebook, and is fantastic:&nbsp;<=
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-adjust: none; "><a href=3D"http://pragprog.com/book/jsunix/working-with-uni=
x-processes">http://pragprog.com/book/jsunix/working-with-unix-processes</a>=
</span><br><br>On 8 Oct 2012, at 18:01, Tony Arcieri &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:t=
ony.arcieri@gmail.com">tony.arcieri@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br></div><b=
lockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 4:38 PM, ajay paswan <sp=
an dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:lists@ruby-forum.com" target=3D"_blank"=
>lists@ruby-forum.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><b=
lockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #=
ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">

I think supporting native threading is a great thing in terms of<br>
parallel computation, then why ruby doesnt support it, in other way, why<br>=

ruby maker is not thinking to give it native support.. very curious to<br>
know.</blockquote></div><div><br></div>JRuby and Rubinius both support threa=
d-level parallelism at the CPU level without any sort of global interpreter l=
ock (among other implementations, they are just the two most popular with th=
is feature)<br clear=3D"all">

<div><br></div>-- <br>Tony Arcieri<br><br>
</div></blockquote></body></html>=

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