[ZooLib-dev] "Threads Considered Harmful" at K5

[Michael D. C. <cra...@go...>]

Y'all may be interested to read and comment on "Threads Considered Harmful" at:

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/11/18/22112/860

The author raises some valid points, but I don't agree with him that threads 
are best avoided.

What I think is that threads are a powerful tool that appears deceptively 
simple.  Beginners probably shouldn't try to do threads until they fully 
understand the consequences of what they are doing.  But used well I think 
threads are a good solution to a lot of problems.

I mention state machines in the comment that I have posted so far.  It's a lot 
easier to use threads than state machines.

Regards,

Michael D. Crawford
GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting
http://www.goingware.com/
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