Re: OT: Windows (Was: Re: Open Source does not mean easily

On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 02:36:01 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wibbled:

On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 15:56:46 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
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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.

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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.

Unfortunately there are still far to many programmers around for whom threads
are their go to hammer no matter what problem they're trying to solve.