[REBOL] Re: Multi-threading?
From: kimm2:mcmaster:ca at: 2-Jul-2002 1:32
Hey Greg, thanks for the reply.
<<Maarten Koopmans has written a lightweight threading engine for use in
Rugby, which does cooperative multithreading, and I have built something
similar myself.>>
I'll take a look into Rugby.
<<< If a rebol script checked my inbox for messages and replied to those
that were on my "friends" list it would read and reply one at a time. Is
it possible to concurrently check multiple emails? >>>
<<In this example, given that the volume will probably be very low, what
does it gain you?>>
You're right in that for my personal mail, I shouldn't have an issue.
However, what if such a solution were to be used for corporation or even
as a service to the mass market were potentially hundreds of emails are
being sent per minute?
Matt
