Multithreaded I/O in the DMD compiler (DDJ article by Walter)

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:13 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

>> ComputerIlliterateFriend: Hey Jarrett, can you come over and fix my
>> computer?
>> Jarrett: What's it doing?
>> CIF: It's popping up all sorts of dialog boxes telling me I need to
>> get Spyware Aweseom Remover and stuff, and it's running really slow,
>> and my files keep disappearing.
>> Jarrett: And where have you been on the internet?
>> CIF: Oh you know, normal sites.
>> Jarrett: Like?
>> CIF: Porn, more porn, horse porn, warez.  I also used Limewire to
>> download *every song and program ever made*, and I make it a habit to
>> click on interesting-looking [read: violently-flashing] ads.
>> Jarrett: ...
>> CIF: What?  Did I do something wrong?
>>
>> Seriously.  It's like sleeping with every prostitute on the East Coast
>> and acting surprised when you have seventeen STDs.
>
> I think this is a large exaggeration.

Except this has actually happened to me, modulo a couple details.
Three or four times.