Re: [boost] [xint] Third release is ready, requesting preliminary review

Subject: Re: [boost] [xint] Third release is ready, requesting preliminary review
From: Chad Nelson (chad.thecomfychair_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-05-01 17:31:52

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On 05/01/2010 02:34 PM, joel falcou wrote:

>> Also, multithreaded operation is still fairly uncommon. 
>
> Except not ...

If you're saying that people often write multithreaded programs, then I
have to disagree. In my experience, it's rare, and most programmers
actively avoid them.

>> I'd hate to make everyone pay for something that only a few need, 
>> especially when the speed cost is so high (the single-threaded
>> version is *twice* the speed of the multithreaded one)
> 
> Then it means you did somethign wrong or the code doesn't lend itself
> to trivial multithreading ...

Would you care to provide some evidence to back up that claim?
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Chad Nelson
Oak Circle Software, Inc.
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