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Threading Concepts
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John D. Kane)
Wed Dec 6 22:48:10 1995
From: "John D. Kane" <john@insightnews.com>
To: "'SMTP:java-interest@java.sun.com'" <java-interest@java.sun.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 95 19:26:00 PST
I don't know about anyone else but I find the hardest concept in Java to be
threading. I'm fresh out of Seneca College (after my last final exam one
week from today) and am currently working part time at Insight New Media
Publishing here in Toronto. My job is to learn Java. In school I've taken C,
C++, Smalltalk, and other languages such as the unmentionable COBOL, Pascal,
and Basic. But this is the first time I've ever programmed in a
thread-capable environment. I can understand the thread basics, but when I
go to use them ... well, that's another story. I find it a sort of mental
hurdle, one which I haven't gotten over yet. I was wondering if anyone else
out there has the same problem?
Is there a good source of information out there on the internet anywhere
about threading; it doesn't even necessarily have to be in Java, although it
would be nice if it was. I've looked at a few examples at the Sun site, but
what I think would be really good is a thorough tutorial with many examples.
Does such a resource exist?
I believe that if I can understand, and not just know, threading, then I
will be able to wield Java more appropriately than I am now. I'll be able to
do stuff right from scratch instead of copying pieces from an applet here,
an applet there, to get what I want done.
John
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