threading

[Sturla Molden]

On 08/04/14 22:30, Grant Edwards wrote:

>>> Unix maybe, but what about Windows? Is it efficient to create
>>> processes under Windows?
>>
>> Processes are very heavy-weight on Windows.
>
> Not surprising given its VMS heritage.  I remember running shell
> scripts under VMS on a VAX-11/780 that took hours to do what would
> have taken minutes on an LSI-11 running Unix.  The whole Unix "small
> tools working together" paradigm is based on the assumption that
> process creation and death are fast and cheap.

That is one reason software tend to be monolithic on Windows, including 
build tools.

Running a configure script used to take forever, but thankfully 
computers are getting faster.

Sturla