From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What's the problem? Date: 12 Dec 2003 12:57:54 +0900 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: 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> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1071201697 11651 80.91.224.253 (12 Dec 2003 04:01:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 04:01:37 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Ted Zlatanov , emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Fri Dec 12 05:01:33 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUeUf-0001Yb-00 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:01:33 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AUeUf-0007i6-00 for ; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 05:01:33 +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 1AUfQB-0007Yn-6U for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:00:59 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AUfPc-0007Y9-6C for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:00:24 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.24) id 1AUfP2-0006fd-92 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 00:00:19 -0500 Original-Received: from [202.32.8.214] (helo=TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AUfOy-0006Ya-5l; Thu, 11 Dec 2003 23:59:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mailgate4.nec.co.jp (mailgate53.nec.co.jp [10.7.69.184]) by TYO201.gate.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W01080315) with ESMTP id hBC3vvc21673; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:57:58 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: (from root@localhost) by mailgate4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILGATE-NEC) id hBC3vvI16283; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:57:57 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from edtmg02.lsi.nec.co.jp ([10.26.16.202]) by mailsv4.nec.co.jp (8.11.7/3.7W-MAILSV4-NEC) with ESMTP id hBC3vua11471; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:57:56 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by edtmg02.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.9.3p2+3.2W/3.7W_EDC_Ver.1.0) with ESMTP id MAA03912; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:57:56 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: from localhost (mcspd15 [10.30.114.174]) by mcsss2.ucom.lsi.nec.co.jp (8.12.10/8.12.8/EDcg v2.01-mc/1046780839) with ESMTP id hBC3vt7Q006347; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:57:55 +0900 (JST) Original-Received: by localhost (Postfix, from userid 31295) id EB74810020; Fri, 12 Dec 2003 12:57:54 +0900 (JST) Original-To: luke.olbrish@cc.gatech.edu (Luke A. Olbrish) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu Blat: Foop In-Reply-To: <7vd6au3eca.fsf@gehennom.net> Original-Lines: 16 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:18654 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:18654 luke.olbrish@cc.gatech.edu (Luke A. Olbrish) writes: > is emacs so slow on today's hardware that it needs to be able to use > multiple processors? I'm not sure why people keep talking about threading as some way to make emacs faster -- speed is not a major problem in general, and those places where it _is_ (e.g., gnus summary generation) don't seem easily parallizable. As far as I can see, threads are desirable mostly because they allow the user to keep working while something's happening in the background (since typical emacs task are very non-cpu-intensive, the background task probably won't slow down appreciably either). -Miles -- A zen-buddhist walked into a pizza shop and said, "Make me one with everything."