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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Apache + mod_php performance
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2024 00:24:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 30 Sep 2024 19:50:38 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:

> On 9/29/2024 11:15 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 22:34:04 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>>>
>>> But I am pretty sure that it will not work on VMS.
>> 
>> That’s what I figured. VMS, like Windows, really wants you to use
>> threads.
> 
> For massive parallel processing on VMS then threads not
> processes is the way to go.

Threads require shared memory, though. Processes allow you to have a mix 
of shared and private data, plus the use of IPC mechanisms like message 
passing. This makes for a looser coupling, which better suits the way 
massively parallel systems are built.