So what's the plan for localStorage in workers? J On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Keean Schupke <keean@fry-it.com> wrote: > I think I already came to the same conclusion... JavaScript has no control > over effects, which devalues STM. In the absence of effect control, apparent > serialisation (of transactions) is the best you can do. > > What we need is a purely functional JavaScript, it makes threading so much > easier ;-) > > > Cheers, > Keean. > > > On 10 January 2011 23:42, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote: > >> STM is not a panacea. Read >> http://www.bluebytesoftware.com/blog/2010/01/03/ABriefRetrospectiveOnTransactionalMemory.aspxif you haven't already. >> >> In Haskell, where you have powerful control over effects, it may work >> well, but Javascript isn't anything like that. >> >> Rob >> -- >> "Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for >> they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures >> every day to see if what Paul said was true." [Acts 17:11] >> > >
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