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Re: [PATCH 5.005_62]Allow XS code to lock arbitrary scalars

From:
Gurusamy Sarathy
Date:
November 16, 1999 10:52
Subject:
Re: [PATCH 5.005_62]Allow XS code to lock arbitrary scalars
Message ID:
199911161858.KAA16523@activestate.com
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 18:20:28 GMT, "M.J.T. Guy" wrote:
>Gurusamy Sarathy <gsar@ActiveState.com> wrote
>> I can't make that judgement yet at this point, I want to wait to see
>> how the other way fares first in comparison.  (My *guess* at this
>> point would be that existing USE_THREADS will be out in the cold soon.)
>
>I assume the "other way" is the use of perl_clone() ?

Yes.

>Is that approach capable of utilising multiple processors in parallel?

Yes.


Sarathy
gsar@ActiveState.com



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