Sujet : Re: OT: Windows (Was: Re: Open Source does not mean easily
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.unix.programmerDate : 08. Jan 2025, 03:36:01
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On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 15:56:46 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
On 07 Jan 2025 15:54:48 GMT Nicolas George <nicolas$george@salle-s.org>
wibbled:
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I tried, and stopped trying using threads for I/O concurrency.
For some mad reason it seems to be the way to do it in Windows and also
Java IIRC.
Remember the era: it was the 1990s, when threads were still a new thing to
PC OSes, and they were considered the best way to do everything involving
nondeterminism, including GUIs.