Re:Why I’m Learning Perl 6
by dragonwriter on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @11:50AM
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> That's kind of the problem when the author uses meaningless words like "WEB SCALE", we don't really know what it means exactly.
When the author (as is the case here with M:N threading) identifies the specific feature of interest, we do know exactly what it means, independently of whether they also reference something less precise.
> If it's about serving a great number of concurrent connections, I'm not sure why M:N is the only way to go.
If you want to posit an argument challenging the idea that M:N threading is an advantage, that's a different thing that disagreeing with the authors contention that choices are fairly limited if you want a language with language-level integration of M:N threading.
When the author (as is the case here with M:N threading) identifies the specific feature of interest, we do know exactly what it means, independently of whether they also reference something less precise.
> If it's about serving a great number of concurrent connections, I'm not sure why M:N is the only way to go.
If you want to posit an argument challenging the idea that M:N threading is an advantage, that's a different thing that disagreeing with the authors contention that choices are fairly limited if you want a language with language-level integration of M:N threading.