Re: Parallel Processing in AppleScript
Re: Parallel Processing in AppleScript
- Subject: Re: Parallel Processing in AppleScript
- From: julifos <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 22:04:26 +0200
- Thread-topic: Parallel Processing in AppleScript
> Hi Mark,
>
> Your words are encouraging. AppleScript does not have multi-thread
> function for multi-core era.
> Today, top-level Mac Pro product has quad x2 (x2 by hyper threading) =
> 16 cores!!
> Usually AppleScript uses one or two cores at best. 14 cores rest.
>
> I want many scripters to have the interst with the parallel processing
> with AppleScript.
My experience is that applescripters use to "need" and "love" things that
"just work", using a script as a replacement for something they before used
to do manually. So, speed is not usually a strong requirement. But it
should, as in other software pieces (ie, photo and video processing).
Serious applescripters which use AppleScript as a serious programming
language (as serious as it can be) will sum to this idea, as long as they
can find a "where" and "how" to implement it. The obvious thing would be
something as a built-in thread manager or unix-like "nice" command in the
Standard Additions dictionary or similar...
If you make a sample framework it will be very much appreciated, specially
so we can interchange data and stats. Otherwise, the readers of this thread
will do it as soon as we find a stage for this need, which may be very soon.
Cross fingers ;-)
jj
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