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SubjectRe: Alan Cox quote? (was: Re: accounting for threads)
Larry McVoy wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 10:20:37AM -0700, Mike Castle wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 19, 2001 at 09:09:56AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > > Another one that I can't believe I forgot is from Rob Pike:
> > >
> > > "If you think you need threads then your processes are too fat"
> >
> > Also, I could never actually find the "too fat" quote anywhere.
>
> I can personally vouch for the too fat comment, I've heard him say it in
> person.

How about "If you think you need threads, stop programming with closed
sourced libraries where the documentation doesn't give you a clue how
you might make things work within a state machine way"

Regards,
Steve
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