[MPlayer-dev-eng] MplayerXP vs Mplayer. Hall of truth.

Nick Kurshev nickols_k at mail.ru
Sun Mar 17 19:10:59 CET 2002


Hello, Daniel!

On 17 Mar 2002 18:54:39 +0100 you wrote:

> Am Son, 2002-03-17 um 17.53 schrieb Nick Kurshev:
> 
> > > Threads are useful if you can find blocking tasks which are
> > > parallelisable and thus prevent maximum cpu utilisation. Threads have
> > I know such task - usleep()
> > Thread can sleep too ;)
> 
> Sleeping is a not a bad thing cpu-wise and it certainly is not what I
> meant by "parallelisable".
> 
> > I know that inaccurate thread usage causes slowdowning of system.
> > But they the best solution in my case!
> 
> Yet you fail to explain why. I'm not against threads at all but they
> hit me often enough to warn others from thinking they could heal the
> world(tm).
> 
> Threads are often used in wrong places which is a sign of not
> well-though design. If you're able to reasonable explain why you
> think threads are benefitial and the explanation is waterproof then
> you'll have my fullest support.
> 
Please dload mplayerxp and read README.
> -- 
> Servus,
>        Daniel
> 
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Best regards! Nick
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