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On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 7:00 PM, Victor Efimov <victor@vsespb.ru> wrote: > 2014-03-02 15:15 GMT+04:00 Elizabeth Mattijsen <liz@dijkmat.nl>: > > [cut] Since forks.pm uses fork() to start a new thread, it uses the > OS's COW system to copying things only when needed. This results in faster > thread starts and lower memory consumption. At the expense of slower > inter-thread communication (such as updating shared variables). > > > > > so, threads data sharing _can_ be faster than fork+pipes? I thought the > opposite > http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/08/msg206633.html > http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/08/msg206698.html > That's comparing apples and oranges, really. A shared variable is a much higher level feature than a pipe. LeonThread Previous | Thread Next