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From: Ross Nicoll <rnicoll@lostics.demon.co.uk>
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:03:19 +0000 (GMT)
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
> > From what I've picked up, the data/instruction cache(s) of a processor
> > would have to be cleared out, for process context switches, but for thread
> > context switches, I see your point.
> The thing is, the way any OS leverages the processor cache is still
> subject to dramatic change from release to release. What may be true
> today will be a myth to overcome next year. ;)
Drat...
> > Although, as someone said, making it fast tends to be a good idea anyway;
> > not caring about resources is how we got Windows :)
> I think the NT group has a pretty good bead on multi-threading
> performance. Win32 threads is a cheetah compared to many PThreads
> implementations.
Oh? I'm kinda suprised...
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