threads - use them as much as you can

[Ulf Wiger]

I can't resist - reading about Java and Swing, I came across the
following passage:

"The first rule of using threads is this: avoid them if you can.
Threads can be difficult to use, and they tend to make programs harder
to debug. To avoid the possibility of deadlock, you must take extreme
care that any threads you create don't invoke any methods on Swing
components."

http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/misc/threads.html


This is certainly in stark contrast with the Erlang adage:

"Use one parallel process to model each truly concurrent activity in
the real world" 

http://www.erlang.se/doc/programming_rules.shtml#REF34191


Perhaps a bit more should be made of this...?  (:

/Uffe
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