Re: Multitasking and containers

["Dr. Adrian Wrigley" <amtw@linuxchip.demon.co.uk.uk.uk>]

On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 11:45:08 -0800, Matthew Heaney wrote:
> Jeffrey R. Carter wrote:
>>
>> I guess we have different interpretations of "delicate handmade work". I
>> took it simply to mean custom implementations tailored to the specific
>> project (such as a container that does not need protection for reads).
> 
> But that's the same as saying you can not use anything in the
> predefined library.  If so then the container library is the least of
> your problems!

Dmitry wrote:
>> Write your own container. Parallel systems require delicate handmade work.

(noting a breakdown in logic in this argument...
Dmitry said handmade work is required.  This does not mean that
*only* handmade work is allowed, as Matthew seems to infer.)

Actually, I think Dmitry's view is largely valid in practice, if
somewhat extreme.
--
Adrian