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Thu, 16 September 1999 00:00

davidf
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Registered: September 1996

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David Brennan (9147261b@clinmed.gla.ac.uk) writes:

> My department is thinking of buying a new Sun system. We are considering
> buying a dual processor system. However, to take full advantage of this
> I need software that can be run as a multithread.
>
> 1. Can IDl be written to take advantage of multithread processing?

No.

> 2. If so, how is this accomplished, i.e does anyone have any example
> code?

Can't.

> 3. Can IDL's slicer3 use multithreads when rendering?

No. It uses direct graphics.

The *only* thing that can take advantage of multi-processors in
IDL is rendering of object volumes via the HINTS keyword. Nothing
else, sorry. :-(

Cheers,

David
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		Multiple threads By: Dave Brennan on Thu, 16 September 1999 00:00
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