[MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.

[Jon A. Lambert]

On 28 May 99,, Ross Nicoll wrote:
> On Mon, 17 May 1999, Jon A. Lambert wrote:
> > Is there context switching going on here?  YES! Loads and loads of the 
> > "expensive" process-level context switching.
>
> From what I've picked up, the data/instruction cache(s) of a processor
> would have to be cleared out, for process context switches, but for thread
> context switches, I see your point.
 
The thing is, the way any OS leverages the processor cache is still 
subject to dramatic change from release to release.  What may be true 
today will be a myth to overcome next year. ;)  

> Although, as someone said, making it fast tends to be a good idea anyway;
> not caring about resources is how we got Windows :)

I think the NT group has a pretty good bead on multi-threading 
performance.  Win32 threads is a cheetah compared to many PThreads 
implementations.


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