Re: Threading (was: [OT] - REALBasic Claims 100K Users)

2006-10-14 Thread Dar Scott
On Oct 4, 2006, at 6:35 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote: Well, one thing that leaps to mind immediately - stopping the entire application freezing up when executing a lengthy shell script or AppleScript. The operating system is already threaded. This example doesn't necessarily require Rev

Threading (was: [OT] - REALBasic Claims 100K Users)

2006-10-04 Thread Ian Wood
On 4 Oct 2006, at 23:04, Richard Gaskin wrote: What sorts of tasks would threading be essential for? Well, one thing that leaps to mind immediately - stopping the entire application freezing up when executing a lengthy shell script or AppleScript. I know there are workarounds with shell

Re: Threading (was: [OT] - REALBasic Claims 100K Users)

2006-10-04 Thread Richard Gaskin
Ian Wood wrote: On 4 Oct 2006, at 23:04, Richard Gaskin wrote: What sorts of tasks would threading be essential for? Well, one thing that leaps to mind immediately - stopping the entire application freezing up when executing a lengthy shell script or AppleScript. The operating system