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Foil 58 Multithreading for Interpreted Environments -- 2: Comparison of Two Implementation Strategies

From Master Foils for Threads with TCE in detail CPS600 Spring Semester95 -- April 1995. by Janusz Niemiec and Geoffrey Fox * See also color IMAGE
Multithreading at the interpreted level only is :
  • simpler to develop
  • more efficient as far as performance and memory consumption is concerned.
The two-level multithreading is more responsive (when based on a preemptive scheduling), capable of supporting time-critical operations. It can take advantage of multiprocessing hardware.

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