Re: Instant Chat System for 1000 simultaneous clients

RedGrittyBrick wrote:
Lew wrote:
RedGrittyBrick wrote:
The method is Thread() and the procedure to create 1000 of them is

That's not a method, that's a constructor.


Poetic license.

In that sense, yes, you are correct. After all, constructors are very method-like. In some ways.

Overrides, said my instructor,
are dangerous in a constructor,
if you call on the one
before the other is done,
you just might find that it f**ked 'er.

I had my poetic license revoked.

--
Lew
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