On Nov 28, 2007 11:07 PM, Maurício
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; even when the
That's what comment are for :)
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 ? So you have to loop until the file becomes available. taking a MVar, on the other hand, blocks your thread until the other one finishes, without using cpu time, etc.
know of a benchmark where the task is some kind of situation where you actually get a result faster by using threads than by using a single thread?
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.