From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What's the problem? Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 13:48:23 -0500 Organization: =?koi8-r?q?=F4=C5=CF=C4=CF=D2=20=FA=CC=C1=D4=C1=CE=CF=D7?= @ Cienfuegos Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <4nptevry14.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> References: <4nllpt3hr3.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <5bad69zd43.fsf@lister.roxen.com> <4noeuon378.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4ny8tsgxy6.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nhe0ggv0u.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nk75bwjaf.fsf@lockgroove.bwh.harvard.edu> <4nsmjv8d32.fsf@collins.bwh.harvard.edu> <87iskpbloe.fsf@mail.jurta.org> Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUVv5-0006fl-00 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:52:15 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUVv5-0006QG-00 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:52:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AUWsP-0000QC-Gz for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:53:33 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AUWqQ-0000Br-7l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:51:30 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AUWpm-0007sj-L3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:51:22 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.224.249] (helo=main.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AUWpl-0007rW-Ay for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:50:49 -0500 Original-Received: from list by main.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUVsH-00070Z-00 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:49:21 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Received: from sea.gmane.org ([80.91.224.252]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUVsG-00070R-00 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:49:20 +0100 Original-Received: from news by sea.gmane.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUVsG-0007HX-00 for ; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 19:49:20 +0100 Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (usg-unix-v) Cancel-Lock: sha1:uMIM9qmsWhJoeKuW4Myznamj1jE= X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:18643 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18643 On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, rms@gnu.org wrote: > Gnus could compute the summary in the background, piece by piece, > somewhat like stealth font-lock. (Not exactly the same, because > whenever Emacs is otherwise idle it should work full time on > producing summary items.) This seems to be a highly favored solution on this list because it fits in easily with the existing interpreter. The downside is that it does not use multiple processors if they exist, which has become more common with today's hardware. Ted