<!-- MHonArc v2.4.4 -->
<!--X-Subject: Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server. -->
<!--X-From-R13: "Xba O. Znzoreg" <wyflfvapNvk.argpbz.pbz> -->
<!--X-Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:46:39 -0700 -->
<!--X-Message-Id: 199905170515.AAA21140@dfw-ix11.ix.netcom.com -->
<!--X-Content-Type: text/plain -->
<!--X-Reference: 4.1.19990516165255.00a48770#pop,darklock.com -->
<!--X-Reference: Pine.LNX.4.10.9905170516090.5535-100000@drpc-jrn.res.st-and.ac.uk -->
<!--X-Head-End-->
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>MUD-Dev message, Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</title>
<!-- meta name="robots" content="noindex,nofollow" -->
<link rev="made" href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">
</head>
<body background="/backgrounds/paperback.gif" bgcolor="#ffffff"
text="#000000" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#006000">
<font size="+4" color="#804040">
<strong><em>MUD-Dev<br>mailing list archive</em></strong>
</font>
<br>
[ <a href="../">Other Periods</a>
| <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a>
| <a href="/search.php3">Search</a>
]
<br clear=all><hr>
<!--X-Body-Begin-->
<!--X-User-Header-->
<!--X-User-Header-End-->
<!--X-TopPNI-->
Date:
[ <a href="msg00283.html">Previous</a>
| <a href="msg00285.html">Next</a>
]
Thread:
[ <a href="msg00299.html">Previous</a>
| <a href="msg00294.html">Next</a>
]
Index:
[ <A HREF="author.html#00284">Author</A>
| <A HREF="#00284">Date</A>
| <A HREF="thread.html#00284">Thread</A>
]
<!--X-TopPNI-End-->
<!--X-MsgBody-->
<!--X-Subject-Header-Begin-->
<H1>Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</H1>
<HR>
<!--X-Subject-Header-End-->
<!--X-Head-of-Message-->
<UL>
<LI><em>To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Subject</em>: Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</LI>
<LI><em>From</em>: "Jon A. Lambert" <<A HREF="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</A>></LI>
<LI><em>Date</em>: Mon, 17 May 1999 01:15:01 -5</LI>
<LI><em>Reply-To</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev#kanga,nu">mud-dev#kanga,nu</A></LI>
<LI><em>Sender</em>: <A HREF="mailto:mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu">mud-dev-admin#kanga,nu</A></LI>
</UL>
<!--X-Head-of-Message-End-->
<!--X-Head-Body-Sep-Begin-->
<HR>
<!--X-Head-Body-Sep-End-->
<!--X-Body-of-Message-->
<PRE>
On 17 May 99,, Ross Nicoll wrote:
> On Sun, 16 May 1999, Caliban Tiresias Darklock wrote:
> > If I'm correct in this understanding, and please correct me if I'm not,
> > then the "proper" way to implement such a scheme would be for each thread
> > to accomplish specific *tasks* instead of handling specific *objects*. So
> > instead of a series of "do things with an object" threads, you would have a
> > series of "do this thing" threads -- and those which are rarely if ever
> > called can be shut down entirely after a given period. For example, you
> > might have a "login" thread which handles everyone connected but not logged
> > in, a thread which handles combat, a thread which handles character
> > creation, etc.
> An interesting idea, but I think it would require too much inter-process
> communication, and in particular may not load balance very well...
Careful with that term 'inter-process communication'. That's not the
mechanism through which threads communicate.
BTW, What processor is your telnet daemon using and when is it using it?
;)
--
--* Jon A. Lambert - TychoMUD Email:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com *--
--* Mud Server Developer's Page <<A HREF="http://pw1.netcom.com/~jlsysinc">http://pw1.netcom.com/~jlsysinc</A>> *--
--* To fight the empire is to be infected by its derangement. Whosoever *--
--* defeats part of the empire becomes the empire; it proliferates like a *--
--* a virus... thereby it becomes its enemies." -- P.K. Dick *--
_______________________________________________
MUD-Dev maillist - MUD-Dev#kanga,nu
<A HREF="http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev">http://www.kanga.nu/lists/listinfo/mud-dev</A>
</PRE>
<!--X-Body-of-Message-End-->
<!--X-MsgBody-End-->
<!--X-Follow-Ups-->
<HR>
<ul compact><li><strong>Follow-Ups</strong>:
<ul>
<li><strong><A NAME="00294" HREF="msg00294.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>
<ul compact><li><em>From:</em> Ross Nicoll <rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk></li></ul>
</UL></LI></UL>
<!--X-Follow-Ups-End-->
<!--X-References-->
<UL><LI><STRONG>References</STRONG>:
<UL>
<LI><STRONG><A NAME="00273" HREF="msg00273.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></STRONG>
<UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Caliban Tiresias Darklock <caliban#darklock,com></LI></UL></LI>
<LI><STRONG><A NAME="00277" HREF="msg00277.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></STRONG>
<UL><LI><EM>From:</EM> Ross Nicoll <rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk></LI></UL></LI>
</UL></LI></UL>
<!--X-References-End-->
<!--X-BotPNI-->
<UL>
<LI>Prev by Date:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg00283.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Next by Date:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg00285.html">RE: [MUD-Dev] Marc Hernandez' Server</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Prev by thread:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg00299.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Next by thread:
<STRONG><A HREF="msg00294.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></STRONG>
</LI>
<LI>Index(es):
<UL>
<LI><A HREF="index.html#00284"><STRONG>Date</STRONG></A></LI>
<LI><A HREF="thread.html#00284"><STRONG>Thread</STRONG></A></LI>
</UL>
</LI>
</UL>
<!--X-BotPNI-End-->
<!--X-User-Footer-->
<!--X-User-Footer-End-->
<ul><li>Thread context:
<BLOCKQUOTE><UL>
<LI><STRONG>Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</STRONG>, <EM>(continued)</EM>
<ul compact>
<ul compact>
<ul compact>
<ul compact>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00339" HREF="msg00339.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk</a>, Fri 28 May 1999, 21:04 GMT
</LI>
</ul>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00282" HREF="msg00282.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Caliban Tiresias Darklock <a href="mailto:caliban#darklock,com">caliban#darklock,com</a>, Mon 17 May 1999, 15:26 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00297" HREF="msg00297.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Mark Gritter <a href="mailto:mark#erdos,Stanford.EDU">mark#erdos,Stanford.EDU</a>, Tue 18 May 1999, 06:43 GMT
</LI>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00299" HREF="msg00299.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk</a>, Tue 18 May 1999, 06:45 GMT
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00284" HREF="msg00284.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 17 May 1999, 15:46 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00294" HREF="msg00294.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Ross Nicoll <a href="mailto:rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk">rnicoll#lostics,demon.co.uk</a>, Tue 18 May 1999, 06:42 GMT
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
</ul>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00283" HREF="msg00283.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Jon A. Lambert <a href="mailto:jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com">jlsysinc#ix,netcom.com</a>, Mon 17 May 1999, 15:45 GMT
<UL>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00301" HREF="msg00301.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Mik Clarke <a href="mailto:mikclrk#ibm,net">mikclrk#ibm,net</a>, Tue 18 May 1999, 07:01 GMT
</LI>
<LI><strong><A NAME="00302" HREF="msg00302.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Multi-threaded mud server.</A></strong>,
Jo Dillon <a href="mailto:emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk">emily#thelonious,new.ox.ac.uk</a>, Tue 18 May 1999, 07:02 GMT
</LI>
</UL>
</LI>
</ul>
</ul>
</LI>
</UL></BLOCKQUOTE>
</ul>
<hr>
<center>
[ <a href="../">Other Periods</a>
| <a href="../../">Other mailing lists</a>
| <a href="/search.php3">Search</a>
]
</center>
<hr>
</body>
</html>