Re: Exploding feature set...time to apply the brakes?

On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 16:53, Mukhsein Johari wrote:
> Hi all,
...
> Aside:
> I like the way twisted implements networking and
> protocols. This is not the same as saying I like the
> twisted implementation. Whether or not we need async
> networking will depend on whether prothon has the same
> problems as python when it comes to threading and so
> on. The separation of transport and (application)
> protocol is a good idea though.

actually async programming is orthogonal to threads. See dan kegels 10K
page for some reading on this.

(Short version: os threads @ 1 per cpu in the box, async within each
thread (which can be coroutine based as an implementation), gives you
greatest scalability).

Rob
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