Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 02:06:38 +0100 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, arch@freebsd.org, threads@freebsd.org, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Subject: Re: [Patch] C1X threading support Message-ID: <86ty4y4rj5.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <85477.1324155737@critter.freebsd.dk> (Poul-Henning Kamp's message of "Sat, 17 Dec 2011 21:02:17 %2B0000") References: <85477.1324155737@critter.freebsd.dk>
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"Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> writes: > Ohhh, but I know: Lets make a rival to the POSIX threads, we can do it > much better and slightly incompatible, big market there I'm sure. That's not the point. The point is that C until now did not have a concurrency model. The threading API in itself is not important; I'm sure the committee knows perfectly well that nobody is going to use it. What's important is that the standard now defines how C behaves in a concurrent environment. DES --=20 Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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