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How to disable java RMI Threads? [closed]

I traced java vm and see in all java application, there is at least 5 active threads are about RMI. I want to disable RMI. how can i disable it? RMI TCP Connection(2) RMI TCP Connection(1) RMI TCP ...
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Is GCC dying without threads support on Windows?

I need some opinion. GCC was always a very good compiler, but recently it is losing "appeal". I have just found that on Windows GCC does not have std::thread support, forcing Windows users to use ...
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Best practise is not to poll…but isn't polling happening internally anyway when a thread calls wait()?

Say we have some thread that wants to check when another thread is finished its task. I have read that we should call a wait() type function that will make this thread wait until it receives a ...
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Allow threads (in c) to print messages without interfering with user input

I'm a writing a small webserver for personal use in c (not c++). I want to allow user input in the console like "shutdown server" or "restart server". In order to allow this kind of input the server ...
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What makes a series of machine instructions an actual process/thread in memory?

Every instruction comes from main memory/RAM. In a bootloader, at least on Intel and IBM PC firmware and designations, you have BIOS jump to a memory address to begin fetching instructions for ...
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How bad would it be to obtain a lock on every object?

Imagine a hypothetical programming environment that is largely like Java or .NET, i.e. object-oriented, garbage-collected, etc., but with one small change: Every time you call a method on an object, ...
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Should I use simple socket programming to communicate between 2 threads? [closed]

Is it a good idea to communicate between 2 threads using sockets in Java? What I am trying to achieve is Inter-process communication using socket programming/RPC mechanism.
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Inter-process and inter-thread data sharing [closed]

I know that operating systems facilitate inter-process and inter-thread data sharing. I want to know about the mechanisms used to facilitate such sharing. I read about "pipes". What are the other ...
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What is a thread pool?

In an interview question a guy was asked to "implement a threadpool"... I've been reading on wikipedia for "threadpool" but I still can't figure out what should a guy do to solve this question ...
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What is the difference of delegator and dispatcher?

What is the difference of delegator and dispatcher? I am not quite sure of either concept.
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What happens at control invoke function?

A question about form controls invoke function. Control1 is created on thread1. If you want to update something in Control1 from thread2 you must do something like: delegate void ...
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Algorithm for appointment reminders

My program allows users to store appointments in a calendar. What has been requested of me is the ability for SMS reminders to be sent to people to remind them of their appointment. The SMS would ...
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google maps based desktop application

I want to build a desktop application which has google maps embedded to it. This app should have a thread to read coordinate data online a usb microphone to use. This application will move the google ...
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Is a readonly field in VB.NET thread safe?

Is a readonly field in VB.NET thread safe? For example, see the code below: Class Customer ReadOnly Name As String ReadOnly ZIP As Integer = 98112 Sub New(ByVal Name As String) Me.Name = ...
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Do threads use virtual memory or real memory?

I was trying to optimize my Linux server to handle 10,000 threads per process while it does just 382 right now. As per this article the following formula is used to find out total possible threads: ...
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When should we use opaque objects? [closed]

The concept of opaque objects pervades the design of the Pthreads API. What was the rationale behind this design decision of using opaque objects.
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Drawing thread interaction

I'd like to draw (pen and pencils) threads interaction in a UML(-like) notation. I don't insist on UML, anything that is obvious to the reader should do. I started with sequence diagrams, but I don't ...