[self-interest] Getting someone to port Self

[Chris Double]

On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Russell Allen <mail at russell-allen.com> wrote:
> Javascript is still single-threaded isn't it? Or has V8 changed that?
>

V8 supports running JavaScript on multiple threads, but not at the
same time. So a script running on one thread will pause while a script
is running on another. The switching between running threads is done
by explicit yield calls (by the JavaScript engine).

Relevant thread:
<http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users/browse_thread/thread/86fe6c3922d33b97/6f8919f6be7cf6e8>

Chris.
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