Re: Lightweight threading options?

On Sun, May 20, 2007 at 11:23:21AM -0400, Ben Simon wrote:
> Howdy All,
> 
> I may be tackling a project which would benefit from an
> Erlang/Termite<http://toute.ca/>approach to
> multi-threading/processing.  I'm curious if I could make use of
> SISC threads to create the same kind of architecture. I suppose it all boils
> down to one key question - how lightweight are SISC threads?  Are they just
> a wrapper around Java Threads?  Any suggestions for how I might craft an
> Erlang/Termite architecture using SISC?

They are indeed wrappers around Java threads, so the lightweightness 
depends on the JVM you're using.  We went with real threads so we can 
run on SMP systems.  I don't believe Erlang or Termite require 
lightweight threads to operate, though it might be beneficial to have an 
MxN threading if you anticipate thousands of threads on OSes other than 
Linux/BSD, where threads are pretty cheap.  

Scott


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