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"Why Events Are A Bad Idea"
started 1/23/2004; 8:17:40 AM - last post 1/23/2004; 9:20:50 AM

Matt Brubeck - "Why Events Are A Bad Idea"

1/23/2004; 8:17:40 AM (reads: 165, responses: 2)

From USENIX HotOS IX: Why Events Are A Bad Idea (for high-concurrency servers).

"Event-based programming has been highly touted in recent years as the best way to write highly concurrent applications. Having worked on several of these systems, we now believe this approach to be a mistake. Specifically, we believe that threads can achieve all of the strengths of events, including support for high concurrency, low overhead, and a simple concurrency model. Moreover, we argue that threads allow a simpler and more natural programming style."

This paper also argues that compiler/language support for threading is "a fruitful area for future research."

Luke Gorrie - Re:

1/23/2004; 9:08:36 AM (reads: 154, responses: 1)

(Groovy! What's the mechanism to promote this from the discussion group to the front page?)

Ehud Lamm - Re:

1/23/2004; 9:20:50 AM (reads: 158, responses: 0)

There's no special "promotion" mechanism.

Being an editor, you simply need to post an item using the regular technique. You can simply link to the discussion group item, or choose to add your own comments.