Subj : Re: Threads suck
To   : comp.lang.c++,comp.programming.threads
From : Christopher Benson-Manica
Date : Wed Jun 22 2005 05:54 pm

Phlip <phlip_cpp@yahoo.com> wrote:

(Moving to comp.programming.threads - if you don't read that group,
 come back to clc++...)

> Because I don't research OS kernels, embedded software, or other primitive
> spaces that need threads to get anything done, I have never seen a situation
> improved by a thread. Throwing a thread at a simple problem is worse than
> 'goto'. If a button starts a process that takes too long, the process itself
> needs a better architecture.

Well, my specific intention for this thread is for it to take care of
caching the contents of a file in memory as my program is starting.
The main thread can't wait that long, because the program is a Windows
service and the service manager isn't willing to wait forever for my
program to start.  I know I could do this other ways, but is there
really a big disadvantage to spawning a thread to handle the caching
of this file?

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ataru(at)cyberspace.org    | don't, I need to know.  Flames welcome.

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