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>M:N threading has been a great idea in theory for at least twenty years, but during that whole time actually implementing it has always ended in tears. Not al

by asdasf 13y ago

>M:N threading has been a great idea in theory for at least twenty years, but during that whole time actually implementing it has always ended in tears. Not always: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ http://www.haskell.org/ghc/

masklinn 13y ago
Or http://erlang.org http://erlang.org
- dmpk2k 13y ago
  Erlang is comparatively slow. Think of it as a waterline -- as a language implementation gets faster, other performance problems (like M:N) appear above the surface.
  - masklinn 13y ago
    GP didn't say "it always ends slow", but "it always ends in tears".