On Fri, 3 Apr 1998, phw wrote: > > > The new Java Foundation Classes (codename Swing) strongly discourage the > > use of multi-threaded GUI programming. Quoting from one source > > (http://java.sun.com:80/products/jfc/swingdoc-archive/threads.html) > > We have developed (actually Paul Austin, a third-year undergraduate at Kent > -- properly trained in occam principles -- has developed) a library of Java > AWT sub-classes that report all their call-back objects via JavaPP channels > rather than call-back methods. > Gosh. I've just read the swindoc reference, and I had no idea how bad things had gotten. The clear message is that Real Programmers don't use threads. Unfortunately, this directly clashes with current evolution in both PCs/workstations---all Real Men/Women have dual Pentiums nowadays, unless they run bLeading Edge Alphas---and HPC; the US ASCI programme has typically at least 8 way multiprocessor nodes. Denis A Nicole WWW: http://www.hpcc.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~dan High Performance Computing Centre Email: dan@ecs.soton.ac.uk University of Southampton Phone: +44 1703 592703 UK. Fax: +44 1703 593903