bring the slaves back!

[joelr1]

Subject: bring the slaves back!Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 23:54:51 +0100X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2)X-Google-Approved: simon.garland@gmail.com via web at 2008-04-06 04:49:38Multithreading is absent on Mac OSX and notas powerful as it could be otherwise ('vd1, 'bl0).Networking in q is still very easy but onecould use peach (parallel each) with slavesbefore and can no longer do so.Please bring the slaves back! -joel--wagerlabs.com

[simon]

Joel,multithreading on OSX is disabled while the OSX release supports pre-leopard versions of the OS.currently that seems a reasonable restriction on a version that isprovided to help people learn q/SimonOn Apr 6, 12:54�am, Joel Reymont wrote:> Multithreading is absent on Mac OSX and not> as powerful as it could be otherwise ('vd1, 'bl0).>> Networking in q is still very easy but one> could use peach (parallel each) with slaves> before and can no longer do so.>> Please bring the slaves back!>> � � � � -joel>> --> wagerlabs.com

[joelr1]

X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.919.2)Simon,I'm not objecting to lack of multithreadingin Mac OSX, I'm just pointing out that thealternatives (slaves) have been disabled also! Thanks, JoelOn Apr 6, 2008, at 6:13 AM, simon wrote:>> multithreading on OSX is disabled while the OSX release supports pre-> leopard versions of the OS.> currently that seems a reasonable restriction on a version that is> provided to help people learn q--wagerlabs.com

[simon]

ah right-s slaves use multithreading - and it's just too complicated to mixand match slaves via processes and slaves via threadsso for now no multithreading = no slavesOn Apr 6, 1:14�pm, Joel Reymont wrote:> Simon,>> I'm not objecting to lack of multithreading> in Mac OSX, I'm just pointing out that the> alternatives (slaves) have been disabled also!>> � � � � Thanks, Joel>> On Apr 6, 2008, at 6:13 AM, simon wrote:>>>> > multithreading on OSX is disabled while the OSX release supports pre-> > leopard versions of the OS.> > currently that seems a reasonable restriction on a version that is> > provided to help people learn q>> --> wagerlabs.com