alt Hacker NewsMulti-threaded processes are used because that's the most efficient model, hardware wise. Tasks can maximally share resources. It's not to do with library design or startup time.
Multi-threaded processes are used because that's the most efficient model, hardware wise. Tasks can maximally share resources. It's not to do with library design or startup time.
The hardware doesn't know anything about processes. The most efficient model, hardware-wise, is to disable virtual memory and never do a context switch, but we don't see anyone programming like that, except for the crazy SDN folks who are doing software packet forwarding at hundred-gigabit rates.