"Reece Dunn" <msclrhd@hotmail.com> writes:
Cory Nelson wrote:
I saw that presentation too, it is very impressive and I can't wait to see what comes of it.
Yeah, having active and futures support would make writing multithreaded apps a dream.
I would love to see something like this go into boost but somehow I don't think it could be done elegantly without language and compiler support. Definitely wouldn't complain if someone proved me wrong :)
Active objects would be very hard to do *automatically* since the object is a thread (very neat concept)
Also a very old concept. See Simula. Kristen Nygaard would be pleased. However, it sounds a lot like the COM "apartment model," which I've never had the pleasure to use, but whose usability I recall my colleagues complaining bitterly about. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com