[haiku-development] Re: The new locking primitives and boosting -- I need some guidance here :)

  • From: "Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:35:49 +0200 CEST

"André Braga" <meianoite@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, the key here is exactly what you just brought: would everybody
> play by the rules all the time? Would ported software play by our
> rules? Would software by newcoming developers play by our rules?
> Would
> software that depend mostly on interpreted languages (Java, Python,
> Lua, Ruby, you name it) play by our rules? I don't quite think so.

The way you propose works even less when the software doesn't play by
the rules.
In any case, if the software is broken, the outcome can be expected to
be bad - I just don't see the difference your suggestion would make
here.

Bye,
   Axel.


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