Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???

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From: Nevin ":-]" Liber
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 07:29

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In article <adtDpntEF.Epw@netcom.com>, adt@netcom.com (Anthony D.
Tribelli) wrote:

> Which is why I believe CMT applications require extra care when written,
> i.e. they are created (written) differently than a PMT application (the
> contradiction to your earlier "no difference" statement). A threaded CMT
> application needs a little more care to ensure that some interaction
> between threads does not cause the app to hog the CPU. 

And PMT threads have to do sychronization (semaphores, etc.) to make sure
that shared data remains consistent, while CMT threads do not.  It's just
a tradeoff.
-- 
        Nevin ":-)" Liber       nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU    (520) 293-2799

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From: nevin@CS.Arizona.EDU (Nevin ":-]" Liber)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.sys.mac.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: Debate: PowerMac "trounces" Pentium....???
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 00:29:34 -0700
Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson "It's too dang hot!" Arizona
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