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From: tmoran@acm.org
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Subject: Re: dynamic multithreading
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> - First, there is performance issue. Creating a new task each time
> ...
> - Second, you must absolutely unchecked_deallocate each task after
> ...
  Some systems I've used still have a memory leak when a task is
deallocated.  (Task Control Block?)

> As an alternative, never let a service task die. Once a task has
> ...
> This is not so difficult to design and much more robust.
> ...
  For a simple example, download www.adapower.com/reuse/clawweb.zip
and look at Find_A_Worker.