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echo: os2rexx
to: Mike Ruskai
from: Peter Knapper
date: 1999-09-28 22:57:20
subject: hstart wget?

Hi Mike,


 PK> can you please elaborate on how OREXX implements 
 PK> Multi-threading? Is each thread under explicit coder 
 PK> control (IE can a control thread stop/start other threads?), 
 PK> or is it "dynamic"threading within OREXX that does not 
 PK> allow explicit thread control? 

 MR> It's nothing as direct as using the OS/2 API.  The way to run a 
 MR> separate thread is to issue an early reply from an object method 
 MR> (and perhaps also a routine), rather than returning, allowing 
 MR> the method to continue running on a separate thread.  

Hmmmm, thanks for the information, it was very useful. I will have to think
about it some more before I decide to head down that path. 

Cheers............pk.


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