[plt-scheme] Synchronizing

Yes and no.
I have it (installed today), but where are the manuals to download?

Robby Findler wrote:

>They are in the latest CVS version only. Do you have that one? Have you
>downloaded the manuals?
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>At Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:45:10 +0200, Katsmall the Wise wrote:
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>>The help desk could not find channels. Can you be a bit more specific?
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>>Katsmall the Wise
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>>By the way, thanks for the fast responses!
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>>Robby Findler wrote:
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>>> For list-related administrative tasks:
>>> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
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>>>You should probably use channels instead. Have the many threads put
>>>values into the channel and then have one thread takes values out of
>>>the channel and draws them. (Channels are only in the latest CVS
>>>version; in 203 use semaphores (and suffer))
>>>
>>>Robby
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>>>At Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:35:56 +0200, Katsmall the Wise wrote:
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>>>> For list-related administrative tasks:
>>>> http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
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>>>>I would like to make a procedure, that may be called from many threads, 
>>>>but if it is called from two threads at the same time it will block the 
>>>>second one until the first one finishes, and then run it.
>>>>
>>>>I want this because I have many drawing procedures that merely add 
>>>>something to a list, and appearantly some things get deleted because the 
>>>>procedures are called at the same time.
>>>>
>>>>Is there a simple solution to this?
>>>>
>>>>Katsmall the Wise
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>>The help desk could not find channels. Can you be a bit more specific?
>>Katsmall the Wise
>>By the way, thanks for the fast responses!
>>Robby Findler wrote:
>>
>>  For list-related administrative tasks:
>>
>>  http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>>
>>
>>
>>You should probably use channels instead. Have the many threads put
>>
>>values into the channel and then have one thread takes values out of
>>
>>the channel and draws them. (Channels are only in the latest CVS
>>
>>version; in 203 use semaphores (and suffer))
>>
>>
>>
>>Robby
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>>At Tue, 22 Apr 2003 22:35:56 +0200, Katsmall the Wise wrote:
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>>  For list-related administrative tasks:
>>
>>  http://list.cs.brown.edu/mailman/listinfo/plt-scheme
>>
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>>
>>I would like to make a procedure, that may be called from many threads, 
>>
>>but if it is called from two threads at the same time it will block the 
>>
>>second one until the first one finishes, and then run it.
>>
>>
>>
>>I want this because I have many drawing procedures that merely add 
>>
>>something to a list, and appearantly some things get deleted because the 
>>
>>procedures are called at the same time.
>>
>>
>>
>>Is there a simple solution to this?
>>
>>
>>
>>Katsmall the Wise
>>
>>
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