I just realized that this isn't really possible with
the way thread scheduling is currently implemented. In
a perfect senario all objects would have at least some
chance to run regardless of priority. 

 In the current scheduling implementation if two
objects are at the same priority (and neither yield,
sleep, etc) then one will be strangled :(

Anyone have any ideas? I am not sure I have the
cahones to play around with the scheduler.

--- Brent Vukmer <bvukmer at blackboard.com> wrote:
> Eric --
> 
> This could make a really neat project to post on
> SqueakMap.  :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Merritt [mailto:cyberlync at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 5:30 PM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: Squeak and Active Objects
> 
> 
> Hello All,
> 
>  How good is the threading system within squeak? I
> have quite a few little simulations written in
> Erlang
> and I thought I would try moving a few to squeak.
> This
> is for fun more then anything else. 
> 
>  I thought that the most interesting way to go about
> this would be to wrap objects up into their own
> threads, something like Mozart-Oz does with its
> active
> objects
>
(http://www.mozart-oz.org/documentation/tutorial/node11.html#section.obj
> ectscc.active)
> 
>  <side-note> 
>    I realize their is nothing to be gained
> performance
> wise by the use of multiple threads. This is
> especially true in squeak as it uses VM threads.
> However, in this context I am using threads as
> another
> abstraction, nothing more.
>  </side-note>
> 
>  There will probably be a few problems, of course. I
> am not sure how 'light' squeak threads are. In
> Erlang
> processes cost almost nothing to spin off and the
> system is designed completely around concurrency. I
> don't expect Squeak to compete with Erlang or Mozart
> in this area, but it would need to support a goodly
> number of concurrent threads.
>  
>  I should probably just test this, but I though it
> would be nice to get the communities input
> 
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