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> Smalltalk UIs used to work with only one CPU thread. Any action from the user would freeze the whole UI while it was working … If that happened maybe a progr
by igouy 1y ago
> Smalltalk UIs used to work with only one CPU thread. Any action from the user would freeze the whole UI while it was working …
If that happened maybe a programmer messed-up the green threads!
"The Smalltalk-80 system provides support for multiple independent processes with three classes named Process, ProcessorScheduler, and Semaphore. "
p251 "Smalltalk-80 The Language and it's Implementation"
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