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Maskkkk Paranoid (IV) Inmate From: Johnstown, PA Insane since: Mar 2002	posted 07-23-2009 23:33 http://ejohn.org/blog/web-workers/ Sure it's only in two and a nightly build browsers right now, but I bet this will complicates/advance Javascript. - AIM: MASKKKK 01001101011000010111001101101011011010110110101101101011
Tyberius Prime Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers From: Germany Insane since: Sep 2001	posted 07-24-2009 08:19 yeah, multi threading for the masses, but without any synchronization. can this be useful? (You can fake semaphores with messages... you just have to follow your own rules)
DavidJCobb Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: United States Insane since: Mar 2009	posted 07-27-2009 03:53 Or a browser developer could just write an engine that runs JS separately, effectively preventing (almost) all* JS from locking the interface*... while(!0)alert("") ** Or anything else. By which I mean image and video rendering, which are really the examples Resig cited that I can understand the benefit for. How would workers speed up the raytracing bit? It's still sequential code -- one block (drawing) waiting for another (calculation worker) -- so the multitasking benefit of workers would likely not apply, unless the calculation worker is used multiple times at once... Hmm... ---------------------- (Edited by DavidJCobb on 07-27-2009 03:57)
coach Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate From: Insane since: May 2011	posted 05-31-2011 11:07 Edit TP: spam removed

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Maskkkk
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Johnstown, PA
Insane since: Mar 2002

posted 07-23-2009 23:33

http://ejohn.org/blog/web-workers/

Sure it's only in two and a nightly build browsers right now, but I bet this will complicates/advance Javascript.

- AIM: MASKKKK

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Tyberius Prime
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Germany
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted 07-24-2009 08:19

yeah, multi threading for the masses, but without any synchronization. can this be useful?

(You can fake semaphores with messages... you just have to follow your own rules)

DavidJCobb
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: United States
Insane since: Mar 2009

posted 07-27-2009 03:53

Or a browser developer could just write an engine that runs JS separately, effectively preventing (almost*) all JS from locking the interface**...

* while(!0)alert("")

** Or anything else. By which I mean image and video rendering, which are really the examples Resig cited that I can understand the benefit for. How would workers speed up the raytracing bit? It's still sequential code -- one block (drawing) waiting for another (calculation worker) -- so the multitasking benefit of workers would likely not apply, unless the calculation worker is used multiple times at once... Hmm...

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(Edited by DavidJCobb on 07-27-2009 03:57)

coach
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posted 05-31-2011 11:07

Edit TP: spam removed

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