Re^2: Threading with a twist -- a panorama

some point perl threading was oficially discouraged because was too easy make it the wrong way.

Bah, if you do it wrong --not reuse threads-- it's just going to be a bit slower. Yup, that's all there is to that warning. Just use a worker model and you're fine.

Someone threw a tantrum when they wrong that warning, and it's poisoning the community.

Comment on Re^2: Threading with a twist -- a panorama

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re^3: Threading with a twist -- a panorama by Discipulus (Canon) on Oct 03, 2017 at 08:01 UTC
> Whoever wrote that warning is toxic! toxic or not is still in official docs L* There are no rules, there are no thumbs.. Reinvent the wheel, then learn The Wheel; may be one day you reinvent one of THE WHEELS.	[reply]
Re^4: Threading with a twist -- a panorama by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Oct 04, 2017 at 09:53 UTC
"... toxic...." This one, right? "The "interpreter-based threads" provided by Perl are not the fast, lightweight system for multitasking that one might expect or hope for. Threads are implemented in a way that make them easy to misuse. Few people know how to use them correctly or will be able to provide help." Ja, ja. The few enlightened and the many blockheads. Is multitasking only stuff for some self-appointed elite? No. This should be extinguished from the docs! ŤThe Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostropheť `perl -MCrypt::CBC -E 'say Crypt::CBC->new(-key=>'kgb',-cipher=>"Blowfish")->decrypt_hex($ENV{KARL});'`Help	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Threading with a twist -- a panorama by Anonymous Monk on Oct 05, 2017 at 02:33 UTC
yawn Bug #125106 for perl5: Why are threads discouraged? , Re^2: Trying to Understand the Discouragement of Threads, Re^2: Can Perl write multiple files at the same time?, Re^2: Splitting large array for threads.,	[reply]
Re^4: Threading with a twist -- a panorama by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 03, 2017 at 15:39 UTC
Yes, we just covered that. The docs officially recommends against you using threads because you are too stupid to use threads. What kind of recommendation is that!? Of course threads are hard; that has nothing to do with Perl, and whatever alternative you're going to use instead isn't going to be any easier. And then you went and repeated this travesty.	[reply]
Re^4: Threading with a twist -- a panorama by Anonymous Monk on Oct 03, 2017 at 17:37 UTC
Threads is beautiful for many use cases. So are many parallel modules available on CPAN. Running parallel using Perl is amazing on today's multi-core processors, having 16 or more cores.	[reply]
A reply falls below the community's threshold of quality. You may see it by logging in.


good chemistry is complicated, and a little bit messy -LW
	PerlMonks