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Multi-threading related questions including technique, structure, and safety issues.
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What is the point where multitreaded programming becomes slower than the problem?
Basically, when parallelizing, the optimum number of threads == number of cores. This is because then each core runs exactly one thread; all cores are doing work, but there's no need to switch the thr …
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How do I unit test multi-threaded code?
It's not easy, but basically the only way is to call the multi-threaded code concurrently from multiple threads and change timing and ordering randomly by playing with random Thread.sleep() and Thread …
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What constitutes proper use of threads in programming?
The apps you mention are rarely running all those tens of threads simultaneously. Most of them just sit there because they're in a thread pool. The app send various tasks to a queue, which is purged b …
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Parallelism implies concurrency but not the other way round right?
According to Wikipedia:
Parallel computing is a form of computation in which many calculations are carried out simultaneously, operating on the principle that large problems can often be divided i …
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Why should your code not use 100% CPU?
If cooling is insufficient, the CPU might overheat. But they all (well, at least all modern PC CPUs) feature various thermal protection mechanisms which will throttle the clock speed or, as a final re …