Some pervasive myths about running Java applications on multi-core systems are misleading developers, and it's time to shine the bright light of truth on these falsehoods.
by Cory Isaacson,
Ted Neward
August 3, 2007
f you're like many engineering-minded folks, chances are you've heard of the Discovery Channel show "Mythbusters." In a typical episode, the Mythbusters team takes a popular urban myth, such as the drop-a-penny-from-the-top-of-the-Empire-State-building-and-kill-somebody myth, and uses hard scientific experiments to prove it either true or false. It's a fascinating display of special effects wizardry and science. Plus, let's admit it, they love to blow things up and what hard-core geek doesn't like to see stuff get blown up?
Unfortunately, application developers have accepted several myths in our own industry. In particular, myths about running Java applications on multi-core systems are pretty pervasive amongst developers. While not as popular or ubiquitous as some of the ones debunked on Mythbusters, they're no less false or misleading.
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