Subj : Re: Threading in JavaScript
To   : comp.lang.javascript,netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Douglas Crockford" <nospam@laserlink.net>
Date : Sat Feb 01 2003 06:38 am

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

That is most wise.

> 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?

Nope. For applications based on short bursts of event-driven activity,
threading is less efficient and prone to deadlocks. What are you doing that
requires preemption?

http://www.crockford.com/javascript/javascript.html

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