Subj : Re: threaded application scalability question To : comp.programming.threads From : Markus Elfring Date : Thu Feb 17 2005 09:55 pm > Why would I not want to do this? That is my question. :) It keeps me > from having to do any locking at all. I essentially treat each session > as its own single-threaded application. There would be no sharing of > data between threads. It seems a more elegant solution than messing > with lots and lots of locking. My biggest concern is scalability. Can this article show you more alternatives for your architecture and design decisions? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread_(computer_science) Regards, Markus .