Sorry, I don't agree. I try to write things in a way that when you read it you can get an intuition on why it's doing what it's doing; (...)
That's what comment are for :)
You're right. I should stop my habit of using a script to remove comments before reading other people code :)
generate. So, instead of checking if threads have finished, I decided to check if files exist and are available for writing. When I read 'takeMVar (...)
Checking a file is non blocking, right? (...)
Yes. That was a completely wrong idea. I just decided not use threads this time.
Threads won't give you a speedup unless you run the program on a multi-core/multi-proc machine. They help making the program simpler, IMHO.
Also agree. Properly threaded programs are a LOT easier to read. Maurício