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Re:Pigz: Parallel gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-cor... by fnordpiglet on Friday May 12, 2023 @11:40AM (#35917765)
That’s fairly new, with threads and processes becoming basically the same. Historically threads didn’t exist, then they were horrifically implemented and non standard, then they standardized and were horrifically implemented, then they were better implemented but the APIs were difficult to use safely, etc etc. Also threads were much more light weight than a process. This shifted with light weight processes, etc.
Re:Pigz: Parallel gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-cor... by wanttocomment on Friday May 12, 2023 @02:48PM (#35920505)
That's true, but if you're looking that far back, multicore is new too
Re:Pigz: Parallel gzip for modern multi-processor, multi-cor... by fnordpiglet on Friday May 12, 2023 @04:23PM (#35921856)
I guess “that far back” becomes different as you get older :-) it doesn’t seem that long ago to me :-)