24 Oct
2006
24 Oct
'06
7:46 p.m.
"Anthony Williams" <anthony_w.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:zmbl66cr.fsf@yahoo.com...
"Chris Thomasson" <cristom@comcast.net> writes:
"Anthony Williams" <anthony_w.geo@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:d58h7nlv.fsf@yahoo.com...
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I was imagining a system with several hundred readers, and a couple of writers. If the writers take sufficiently long,
IMHO, this would be a flaw in the application logic. Your not suppose to hold locks for very long at all... If your making expensive calls in a the context of a critical-section, then your asking for poor performance anyway...