> Trevor Jim writes:
>  > I've been using camltk with threads for a while.  I find it is faster
>  > to run Tk as its own process -- the thread scheduler doesn't seem to
>  > do a good job with Tk involved.
>    Yes, I have found the same (Linux w/pthreads).  CPU usage varies
> between 20% at best and near zero at worst, depending on what else is
> going on (that's why I originally thought Tk blocked threads
> completely!).

Several users reported big slowdowns in CamlTk programs using native
threads.  I have no idea on what is causing this (Tcl/Tk itself, the
native threads interface, LinuxThreads, etc), but if anyone has a
small program that reproduces the problem, I'll look at it.

- Xavier Leroy