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Re: RFC: add discouragement warning to perl threads documentation

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From:
Paul "LeoNerd" Evans
Date:
March 3, 2014 15:32
Subject:
Re: RFC: add discouragement warning to perl threads documentation
Message ID:
20140303153205.587a5ea0@shy.leonerd.org.uk
On Mon, 3 Mar 2014 10:09:20 -0500
David Golden <xdg@xdg.me> wrote:

> And I thought we should make that explicit and explain
> why in the relevant documentation to warn people – particularly from
> other languages – that threads in Perl are not something to be used
> lightly (pun not intended).

But moreover, we should explain what they should do /instead/ of
threads; hence our idea of perlconcurrency.

David: Speaking of which - what is the current plan with that now?
What's the next step(s)?

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