Re: Perl Threads and multi-core CPUs

With threads it seems that it would be easier since threads have access to global variables defined in the parent, so all spawned threads would share the same AI model and I won't have multiple 1GB copies of the parent
Threads get copies just like fork.

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Re^2: Perl Threads and multi-core CPUs by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 10, 2008 at 03:10 UTC
Threads get copies just like fork. Only if you let them. (Or want them to.) 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". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. "Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."	[reply]

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Re^2: Perl Threads and multi-core CPUs
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 10, 2008 at 03:10 UTC

Threads get copies just like fork.

Only if you let them. (Or want them to.)

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".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

"Too many [] have been sedated by an oppressive environment of political correctness and risk aversion."

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