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Threads Considered Harmful

Posted by kdawson on from the history-rhymes dept.

LBR9 writes "James Reinders compares native threads with the goto statement so famously denounced 40 years ago by Edsger Dijkstra. Paraphrasing Dijkstra, he says they both 'make a mess of a program,' and then argues in favor of a higher level of abstraction. A couple of people commenting on the post question whether or not we should be even be treading into the 'swamp of parallelism,' echoing the view recently espoused by Donald Knuth."

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  1. No threads? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Alright, then all responses to this article need to fall under this one post.

  2. Re:How about "C++ threads considered harmful"? by ezzzD55J · · Score: 3, Funny

    (in C++ even more, when a String object is declared on stack and freed in its constructor) Sounds a bit soon :)
  3. Re:In other news by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Donkey dick considered harmful. Sir, as a lady donkey or "jenny" I find that statement offensive. Donkey dick is not harmful and in fact I would not be here today without it. I personally find it appropriately sized for its intended function and not at all dangerous when used properly.
  4. chickens by Viking+Coder · · Score: 3, Funny

    Q) Why did the multithreaded chicken cross the road?
    A) to To other the side. get the

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