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Tue Nov 13 08:16:38 EST 2012

Geoffrey Myers 
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div style=3D'font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; colo=
r: #000000'>I won't say which to use because my C threading experience is a=
 couple of decades old or more. I will add some comments, though.<br><br>I =
second Ed Cashin's comments on functional languages and techniques, especia=
lly if the threads are all working on a single problem. It's less of an iss=
ue if you're application is such that each thread can work mostly independe=
ntly, but the more the threads are working on a common problem, the bigger =
problem synchronization will be using the typical methods.<div><br></div><d=
iv>The standard Java libraries have grown over the years with many tools to=
 make things easier and safer (e.g. <a href=3D"http://docs.oracle.com/javas=
e/tutorial/essential/concurrency/forkjoin.html">Fork/Join framework</a> add=
ed in JDK 7). Despite the nay-sayers, Java can be very fast. The new Java J=
DK 8 Project Lambda introduces functional techniques across the Java API, l=
argely to make multi-threading easier and safer. This will be a paradigm sh=
ift for a lot of Java programmers, though, unless they happen to be separat=
ely familiar with the functional style. I'm not sure what your project time=
line is, but a "feature complete" JDK8 release is out now, with a final RC =
in January and GA in March.</div><div><br></div><div>Scott<br><br><hr id=3D=
"zwchr"><div style=3D"color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-=
decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>=
From: </b>"Geoffrey Myers" &lt;lists at serioustechnology.com&gt;<br><b>To: </=
b>"ALE run Linux!" &lt;ale at ale.org&gt;<br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, July 19, 201=
3 3:48:08 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>[ale] Thread safe coding, Java or C<br><br>=
Subject says it all. What say you?<br><br>--<br>From my iPhone<br>Geoffrey =
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