From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,52fd60a337c05842 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-06-17 08:42:29 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.socal.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!twister.socal.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3D0E0380.D51E6FC1@san.rr.com> From: Darren New X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: ada paper critic References: <8avjgu8bnkifee01ffu5i4h247n3khl7ub@4ax.com> <3D0A075F.482703FE@san.rr.com> <3D0CA980.5050505@worldnet.att.net> <3D0D605B.F86B0670@san.rr.com> <3D0D6AEE.80304@worldnet.att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:42:28 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.75.151.160 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: twister.socal.rr.com 1024328548 66.75.151.160 (Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:42:28 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 08:42:28 PDT Organization: RoadRunner - West Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:26160 Date: 2002-06-17T15:42:28+00:00 List-Id: Jim Rogers wrote: > Java does have threads. It clearly does not have protected types. > Instead it has an overly simple and primitive view of object locking > using a classic mutex. OK, I'll agree with that. :-) I'd more say it uses academic-style locking primitives, more appropriate for proving equivalence of mathematical descriptions of multiprocessing than getting real work done. The wait()/notify() stuff is almost as classic as P() and V(). :-) -- Darren New San Diego, CA, USA (PST). Cryptokeys on demand. ** http://home.san.rr.com/dnew/DNResume.html ** ** http://images.fbrtech.com/dnew/ ** My brain needs a "back" button so I can remember where I left my coffee mug.