Subject: Re: [vhdl-200x] RE: Posix Threads
From: Jonas Nilsson (jonas@hardi.se)
Date: Thu Jun 12 2003 - 00:34:37 PDT
Peter Ashenden wrote:
>
> I'd just like to reinforce the view that VHDL already has threads - they're
> called processes. The issue is that they're statically created and there is
> no form of abstraction (ie, no declaration and instantiation). An proposal
> to add dynamic thread should build on the existing concurrency model in the
> language so as to main conceptual consistency. Hence the approach we took
> in SUAVE - see www.ashenden.com.au/suave.html.
I second Peter's opinion.
The thing we need is a simple and clean way to dynamically create and destroy
processes. Not a completely new process/thread/whatchumacallit paradigm.
Regards,
Jonas
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