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=-1.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,7d2c8b4487ef2145 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: jim_hopper@dayton.saic.com (jim hopper) Subject: Re: Ada versus Java - Tasking Date: 1997/01/21 Message-ID: #1/1 X-Deja-AN: 211315615 references: <01bc03ee$594dc520$829d6482@joy.ericsson.se> <32DFC320.41C67EA6@innocon.com> <5bv7am$19c@server1.erinet.com> <5bvtek$2b06@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <5c12ah$cq3@server1.erinet.com> <1997Jan21.093302.1@eisner> organization: SAIC newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-01-21T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: > > on my 180mhz powermac 8500 i get (with gnat 3.07) using -O2 [compiling > > with -03 and -gnatp shave about .3 seconds off this time] now if i can > > just get the mac tasking to use the new multiprocessor api so i can use > > that second 180mhz processor un my 8500 ;-) > > Is that API different from the Thread Manager ? > Larry, well the answer is yes and no ;-) current threads are on top of one apple thread. kind of a lightweight lightweight thread :-) One of my goals is to change the posix thread library we use for mac tasking (both unix and MacOS apps) to use the Apple/Daystar multiprocessor api threads. if i can make that working it would let my multiprocessor mac be used from ada, but would also give us full preemtive tasks (even on a single processor) for mac os standalone apps. jim