Re: Disadvantage of not supporting pthreads in perl and how perl overcomes? (cores)

in reply to Disadvantage of not supporting pthreads in perl and how perl overcomes?

I heard that threads in perl [...] cannot utilize multi-core

Perl threads certainly can use multiple cores.

How perl based websites handle multiple requests at the same time without threads?

Most of them probably use multiple processes.

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Re^2: Disadvantage of not supporting pthreads in perl and how perl overcomes? (cores) by Anonymous Monk on Aug 15, 2015 at 00:25 UTC
How can perl threads use multi-core? can you tell me more in detail? and how perl's ithreads work exactly?	[reply]
Re^3: Disadvantage of not supporting pthreads in perl and how perl overcomes? (cores) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 15, 2015 at 00:34 UTC
Perl uses kernel threads; under linux, those kernel threads are pthreads. With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". I knew I was on the right track :) In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. I'm with torvalds on this Agile (and TDD) debunked I told'em LLVM was the way to go. But did they listen!	[reply]
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