Squeak: processes and threads

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Tue Sep 19 15:07:22 UTC 2006


YAKOV wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Where can i find info on processes inside Squeak VM i.e. does it run
> only one process or multiple processes are allowed; is it possible to
> use threads. i need it in order to make a VM plugin which is heavely
> depends on process semantics
> 
> (i mean process is UNIX process)

You can fork off as many processes as you like from a plugin, but the 
interpreter itself is not reentrant. So any work that those helper 
threads do must be synchronously retrieved from the image through your 
plugin.

- Bert -



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