Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Deeyana Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: A question about synchronized threads Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 00:12:58 +0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <3f249d87-aaf8-4732-9ee8-fd112cf82553@f31g2000pri.googlegroups.com> <8b7289b0-2b52-44f9-96a9-fe1d2661de11@k3g2000prl.googlegroups.com> <922offF2frU1@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 00:12:58 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: mx03.eternal-september.org; posting-host="in7ZCYFYr/2BrjQF4+4MLQ"; logging-data="13766"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/84ZHjoiM5lN5XOOUrqp5ysURuvWt88Dg=" User-Agent: XanaNews/1.18.1.6 Cancel-Lock: sha1:mFNqEIsnz5tb6i28qTsIOFq/4k8= Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3480 On Tue, 03 May 2011 18:47:13 -0400, Lew wrote: > Deeyana wrote: >> Robert Klemme wrote: >>> There is a whole, big toolbox for writing scalable thread safe >>> applications. > >> Even bigger if you use Clojure. Then you have access to agents, >> software transactional memory, and several other goodies *as well as* >> monitors, wait/notify, and all of the goodies in java.util.concurrent. > > He asked about Java. He asked in comp.lang.java.programmer; clearly he's developing on the JVM using Java; but is he *solely* using Java? Java can be extended with other JVM languages for added flexibility. > Please don't attempt to start another stupid > language war, especially in such an unhelpful way. What does your classic erroneous presupposition have to do with Java, Lew?