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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Sunday, April 10, 2005 9:17:32 pm by DavidHallett
Older page: version 2 Last edited on Tuesday, September 2, 2003 1:02:31 am by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
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-A [MultiThreaded] applicatoin is one which has more that one thread of execution, potentially executing in parallel. Most modern [GUI] applications (and all [Java][GUI] programs) are [MultiThreaded]. Responsive [GUI]s are much easier to write with threads - just run separate threads to get actual work done and have one or more threads take care solely of the [GUI]. Without threads, you'd have to make sure to constantly check back whether the user has requested anything while you're in the middle of your heavy lifting. 
+A [MultiThreaded] application is one which has more that one thread of execution, potentially executing in parallel. Most modern [GUI] applications (and all [Java][GUI] programs) are [MultiThreaded]. Responsive [GUI]s are much easier to write with threads - just run separate threads to get actual work done and have one or more threads take care solely of the [GUI]. Without threads, you'd have to make sure to constantly check back whether the user has requested anything while you're in the middle of your heavy lifting.