Re: message pumps

From	"BartC" <bc@freeuk.com>
Newsgroups	comp.programming
Subject	Re: message pumps
Date	2012-06-07 17:18 +0100
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"bob" <bob@coolfone.comze.com> wrote in message
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> On Thursday, June 7, 2012 5:34:14 AM UTC-5, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
>> bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> writes:
>>
>> > Why is it that they don't seem to teach message pumps in computer
>> > science classes?
>>
>> What's to teach?  The other half of the world calls it an even loop (I
>> had to look it up), but even so it merits hardly more than a passing
>> remark.  If you mean that students should learn about event-driven
>> programs, then I can see the point, but there are a very large number of
>> programming styles, and not all can be covered.

> I'm guessing you mean "event loop."
>
> With event loops, there are many things that can go wrong that I have
> never seen analyzed:
>
> One thing is where the message pump thread performs a long-running
> operation and doesn't pull the next message off the queue for awhile.  The
> OS often notices and accuses the program of not responding.
>
> Another potential issue is where events are generated more quickly than
> they are being processed.

You really think this minor programming detail comes under 'Computer 
Science'?

-- 
Bartc

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message pumps bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-06-06 23:56 -0700
  Re: message pumps "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-07 11:12 +0100
  Re: message pumps Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2012-06-07 11:34 +0100
    Re: message pumps Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com> - 2012-06-07 13:41 +0100
    Re: message pumps bob <bob@coolfone.comze.com> - 2012-06-07 07:53 -0700
      Re: message pumps "BartC" <bc@freeuk.com> - 2012-06-07 17:18 +0100
      Re: message pumps Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-06-07 09:41 -0700

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