Re: Threads

On Saturday 04 January 2003 03:20 am, you wrote:
> >I am sure, many of you would like to delete this message before reading,
> > hold on. :-)
>
> I'm afraid most posters did not read the message. Those who replied
>
> "Why bother?" did not address your challenge:

Our challenges may be..;-)

Anyway you are absolutely right. Looks like evrybody thought it as an attempt
to convert postgresql to a thread per connection model.

> >I think threads are useful in difference situations namely parallelising
> >blocking conditions and using multiple CPUs.
>
> This is indeed one of the few good reasons for threads. Indeed,
> large/robust systems use a mix.
>
> The consensus of the group is that those who do the work are not ready
> for threads. Which is fine. Looking into my crystal ball, I see that
> it will happen, though it appears so far away.

I hope it happens and I will be able to contribute to it if I can.

Shridhar