Re: Tomcat Multi-Threading
Magnus Warker wrote:
Lew wrote:
Magnus Warker wrote:
Arne Vajh=EF=BF=BDj wrote:
Lew wrote:
In the world of Java, no applications are single threaded.
I think most people would consider a console app with no
threads to be single-threaded.
There is even no relationship between a programming language and the
threading architecture of an application. The fact that Java supports
multi-threading does not lead to the fact that every Java application i=
s
multi-threaded.
No, the first fact does not lead to the second fact, but the second fact=
is nevertheless true.
The JVM is multi-threaded and has, what, a minimum of four? at any rate =
severa; threads running
even if the application only uses one of them.
There is a mistake in your logical conclusion: Even if the VM is
multi-threaded, the applications running on top of them may still be
single-threaded. So your statement ("no applications are single
threaded") is simply wrong.
No, it isn't.
The Java application, from the OS perspective, comprises the JVM and everyt=
hing it runs.
The application doesn't exist outside the context of the JVM, so such consi=
derations matter.
Even more important, the OP wants to know if multiple CPUs will help perfor=
mance of a
Java app if it's multithreaded. Since the app runs in a multi-threaded cont=
ext, if multiple
CPUs would speed up a multi-threaded app, they'd help *any* Java app. I ma=
de this point
upthread; I guess you decided to ignore it in order to snark, huh?
Let's try to stay focused on the OP's concern here, shall we?
--
Lew
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