Comments on: Web Workers update for Firefox 3.1 http://ajaxian.com/archives/web-workers-update-for-firefox-31 Cleaning up the web with Ajax Tue, 16 Mar 2010 23:51:05 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: RyanGahl http://ajaxian.com/archives/web-workers-update-for-firefox-31/comment-page-1#comment-270491 RyanGahl Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:45:24 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5579#comment-270491 @Vladev: it wouldn't be "extremely hard", it would just mean having to provide mutex objects, context synchronization, locking, etc... more like robust async programming in an advanced server language like C#, which is not extremely hard. At any rate, this is a wonderful first step towards native support for threaded javascript. Of course, tis already available with plugins like Gears, but native support is sorely needed. Keep it up. @Vladev: it wouldn’t be “extremely hard”, it would just mean having to provide mutex objects, context synchronization, locking, etc… more like robust async programming in an advanced server language like C#, which is not extremely hard.

At any rate, this is a wonderful first step towards native support for threaded javascript. Of course, tis already available with plugins like Gears, but native support is sorely needed.

Keep it up.

]]> By: Vladev http://ajaxian.com/archives/web-workers-update-for-firefox-31/comment-page-1#comment-270277 Vladev Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:25:35 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5579#comment-270277 Having the ability to pass functions will mean that you will be able to pass closures that carry the surrounding variables (scope), meaning state and therefore making it extremely hard to have asynchronous workers. As far as I see workers are some implementation/interpretation of actor-based concurrency, right? Having the ability to pass functions will mean that you will be able to pass closures that carry the surrounding variables (scope), meaning state and therefore making it extremely hard to have asynchronous workers.
As far as I see workers are some implementation/interpretation of actor-based concurrency, right?

]]> By: PieturP http://ajaxian.com/archives/web-workers-update-for-firefox-31/comment-page-1#comment-270275 PieturP Wed, 07 Jan 2009 15:59:09 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=5579#comment-270275 Too bad there can't be functions in the objects sended in messages between workers (other than strings to eviluate) But anyway: nice! Can't wait to start using workers ;-) Too bad there can’t be functions in the objects sended in messages between workers (other than strings to eviluate)
But anyway: nice! Can’t wait to start using workers ;-)

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