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From: ali@polya.Stanford.EDU (Ali T. Ozer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: threads in  Objective-C
Message-ID: <12948@polya.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 8 Dec 89 06:36:18 GMT
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In article <299@kgw2.UUCP> dennisg@kgw2.UUCP (Dennis Glatting) writes:
>does anyone know the restrictions or implications of using threads
>in a Objective-C app?  i use multiple threads in my C apps on the NeXT.
>is multi-threaded O-C apps recommended?

Multiple-threads should work fine, as long as you watch out for the
standard sort of problems.  However, trying to access the dps connection
through multiple threads is likely to cause trouble; don't try to do drawing
or event handling at the same time from separate threads in one app.

Ali