Subj : Re: Threading in JavaScript
To   : comp.lang.javascript,netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : Gordan <gordan@_NOSPAM_bobich.net>
Date : Sat Feb 01 2003 01:56 pm

Laurent Bugnion, GalaSoft wrote:

> Multithreading (with all features allowing for safe threading, resource
> locking, etc...) is available in many browsers: It's called Java applets
> ;-) In fact, it's one of the cases where I would recommend using an
> applet over a scripting solution.
> 
> JavaScript doesn't offer multithreading inherently. But since you can
> control an applet using JavaScript (in LiveConnect enabled browsers),
> you can do what you want.
> 
> For LiveConnect matters:
> http://www.galasoft-LB.ch/myjavascript/consulting/LiveConnect102

Thanks for the quick reply!

Using Java/LiveConnect is precisely what I was trying to avoid... :-(

I take it that both SpiderMonkey and Rhino only provide a single-threading 
environment? And there is no browser that actually supports multi-threaded 
JS?

Gordan

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