Re: Spawn not working

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1999


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 22251
interpreted = N
texte = At 9:48 Uhr -0800 04.01.1999, PCS Technical Support wrote:>>I tried [spawn] for the first time, but it does not work: >> >>The browser does not show anything before the whole thing is finished and >>[elapsedtime] shows the full time... >>Are there some operations which [spawn] cannot handle? > >There are some OS limitations (MacOS in particular) that cause it to be not >nearly as smooth as we'd like. Are you using MacOS and WebCatalog.acgi in >this case? If so, that may explain it, because threads only switch once >every 5 seconds or so under those conditions. The plugin will >thread-switch faster, and NT even faster than that. I'm on a rather slow Mac (Performa 6400/180), with WebStar 2.1 and WebCat Plugin. My action within [spawn] takes 7 seconds on this machine. I thought, [spawn] is multitasking and creates a new process. But it seems to be multithreading.What is thread switching? Does it mean, the new thread takes over some time after it is initiated? Peter++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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At 9:48 Uhr -0800 04.01.1999, PCS Technical Support wrote:>>I tried [spawn] for the first time, but it does not work: >> >>The browser does not show anything before the whole thing is finished and >>[elapsedtime] shows the full time... >>Are there some operations which [spawn] cannot handle? > >There are some OS limitations (MacOS in particular) that cause it to be not >nearly as smooth as we'd like. Are you using MacOS and WebCatalog.acgi in >this case? If so, that may explain it, because threads only switch once >every 5 seconds or so under those conditions. The plugin will >thread-switch faster, and NT even faster than that. I'm on a rather slow Mac (Performa 6400/180), with WebStar 2.1 and WebCat Plugin. My action within [spawn] takes 7 seconds on this machine. I thought, [spawn] is multitasking and creates a new process. But it seems to be multithreading.What is thread switching? Does it mean, the new thread takes over some time after it is initiated? Peter++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter Ostry - Vienna/Austria - www.ostry.com Fon ++43-1-877 74 54 Fax ++43-1-877 74 54-21 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Peter Ostry

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