[boost] Re: [boost::thread] locks, exceptions and assertions

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-18 05:25:11

Daniel Frey wrote:
[...]
> Congratulations, you must be the perfect programmer :) Yes, you are
> right, it's a logic error and it needs to be fixed in the code. But
> remember we are all humans and we all make errors. In large systems you
> always have them and the example I gave is still reasonable. With
> exceptions, I can create a more robust system which is an absolute
> must-have. Our processes can handle about 1000 session simultanously,

Each process can handle 1000 session simultanously? Wow. Do you 
really have a 1000-way SMP box? Unbelievable.

> why should I stop all of them just because 1 session/user triggers a bug?

Because when one THREAD goes to pub, all others shall follow. 

Threading, you know.

regards,
alexander.