RE: threading models [RE: [Music Bits] Pansy Division.]

Joe Barrera (joebar@MICROSOFT.com)
Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:45:56 -0700

First of all... I've never understood why everyone thinks threads are so
hard. But I do acknowledge that the 97% can't be trusted with threads. Then
again, the 97% probably shouldn't be trusted with C++ or C either. That's
why we have VB (and now Java, I suppose).

And if you still want Microsoft's answer to tasking as you define it
(threading model integrated with objects, no explicit synchronization
required), then you're talking STA (single-thread apartment) model for COM
objects. Which is really just an evolution of the Windows event-handling
loop.

See "INFO: Descriptions and Workings of OLE Threading Models"
<http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q150/7/77.asp>
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q150/7/77.asp

- Joe