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Re: 6.3 reactions? [message #48672 is a reply to message #48556]

Tue, 09 May 2006 11:59

JD Smith
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Registered: December 1999

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On Tue, 09 May 2006 11:50:59 -0600, David Fanning wrote:

> codepod@gmail.com writes:
>
>> The following code gives an idea of how this can work. Note: This isn't
>> exact, but should outline how the IDL-IDL bridge is used.
>
> Off-loading a compute intense process only really seems
> to make sense if you can off-load it to a computer or
> processor that is underutilized. Is there any way to
> direct the bridge to run on a particular processor
> (assuming a multi-processor system) or a particular
> machine on the network?

In terms of processor allocation: that's the operating system
scheduler's job, and it usually does a good one (depending on OS). I
think a good analogy for what you could do with this is iMovie,
Apple's easy video editing software. When you render an effect on a
clip, it gets done in the background, allowing you to continue to
re-organize and name clips, import more data, start other rendering
processes, etc. Even on a single processor chip, the usability is
*greatly* enhanced by not having to sit there twiddling your thumbs
for 45s while some complicated render completes. I think it needs an
easy hook for progress in Status(), not just "done" or "not done".

JD

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		6.3 reactions? By: Richard French on Mon, 01 May 2006 20:31
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: codepod on Fri, 05 May 2006 07:25
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: JD Smith on Fri, 05 May 2006 09:24
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: Haje Korth on Thu, 04 May 2006 09:28
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: R.Bauer on Thu, 04 May 2006 01:26
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: codepod on Thu, 11 May 2006 13:15
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: wem on Thu, 11 May 2006 10:26
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: Haje Korth on Thu, 11 May 2006 10:06
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: Foldy Lajos on Wed, 10 May 2006 10:24
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: Haje Korth on Wed, 10 May 2006 09:33
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 10 May 2006 08:23
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: Mark Hadfield on Tue, 09 May 2006 16:21
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: JD Smith on Tue, 09 May 2006 11:54
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: JD Smith on Tue, 09 May 2006 11:59
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: David Fanning on Tue, 09 May 2006 10:50
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: codepod on Tue, 09 May 2006 10:30
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: Richard French on Mon, 08 May 2006 21:23
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: JD Smith on Mon, 08 May 2006 13:25
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: codepod on Mon, 08 May 2006 07:29
		Re: 6.3 reactions? By: David Fanning on Fri, 05 May 2006 09:55

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