Subj : Re: MT server side app book advice To : comp.programming.threads From : doug Date : Tue May 24 2005 08:09 pm "David Butenhof" wrote in message news:aOJke.5952$Bl3.103@news.cpqcorp.net... > Uenal Mutlu wrote: >> "dan" wrote >> >>>>I'd start with Programming with POSIX(R) Threads by David R. Butenhof >>>>(ISBN: 0201633922). >> >> I have not read his book, but I've participated in some discussions with >> the author in this newsgroup, and I'm afraid his views on thread >> programming >> are not uptodate, some may even say old- or odd-style. >> He is practically saying that multithreading on a single CPU would not >> make any sense. He's saying one would need one CPU per thread. When >> I asked him how he would serve 1000 simultanous clients, ie. whether he >> would use a server with 1000 CPU's to do the job, he unfortunately >> refused >> to answer. So, I believe you would much be disappointed of the book. >> I would suggest a newer and a more modern book on threads programming. >> I think the following free book and examples from Sun will give you >> more than the above one: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/805-5080 (HTML >> version) >> http://docs-pdf.sun.com/805-5080/805-5080.pdf (PDF version) > > Uenal, you've crossed the line from being narrow-minded and annoying to > being truly (and apparently deliberately) offensive. > > Rather than reply in kind (and the temptation is almost irresistable) I > will simply say that such a generic and content-free review of a book you > claim not to have even read is completely consistent with every ignorant > and overly confident opinion you've expressed in this newsgroup. Your > criticism quoted above, by the way, stands as proof that you either > haven't read or haven't understood anything we've told you. > > I suggest that anyone inclined to pay attention to Uenal's ramblings > should go back and skim the various discussions to judge for themselves. > > Ooops... I really did mean to avoid "replying in kind". Really. I just > couldn't think of any other response that was even moderately appropriate > to this tirade. But I will at least end it here after deleting the > following several paragraphs of additional commentary and details... > > -- > Dave Butenhof, David.Butenhof@hp.com > HP Utility Pricing software, POSIX thread consultant > Manageability Solutions Lab (MSL), Hewlett-Packard Company > 110 Spit Brook Road, ZK2/3-Q18, Nashua, NH 03062 This Uenal guy is a nut. Smells like a politician - can't understand real life, so makes crap up, and tries to rewrite the rulebook for the dumb. I'd llike to see those extra paragraphs! .