Re: Dealing with multi-processor or multi-core

[Tim Jones <tjmac at tolisgroup dot com>]

On May 30, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Giovanni wrote:

> But even on a single processor, you would see a tremendous gain if  
> the required process is doing stuff like a downloader helper app.  
> The helper app would continue to download while the master app would  
> remain highly responsive. Would that be right?

So long as the UI is properly set to handle the external process.   
This is why I use RB's cooperative threads when I kick off the helper  
tool.  Just executing the external process can actually cause the UI  
to become non-responsive if the management / monitoring the external  
process isn't coded properly.

Tim

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