processing main thread
C
H
E
C
K
processing thread1
C
H
E
C
K
C
H
E
C
K
processing thread2
processing main thread
C
H
E
C
K
processing thread1
100
ticks
100
ticks
100
ticks
100
ticks
100
ticks
Ticks map to interpreter instructions, not necessarily a one-to-one mapping!
Interpreter ticks are not time-based and they don't have “equal” execution times.