Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 12:35:55 -0700 From: Charles Randall <crandall@matchlogic.com> To: Allen Pulsifer <pulsifer@mediaone.net>, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Revisitted.. Threads goals.? Message-ID: <64003B21ECCAD11185C500805F31EC0304622184@houston.matchlogic.com>
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For a portable threading system like that, take a look at Ralf Engelschall's GNU Pth, http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/ Charles -----Original Message----- From: Allen Pulsifer [mailto:pulsifer@mediaone.net] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 9:55 AM To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Revisitted.. Threads goals.? ... For example, if it is guaranteed that two threads bound to a process cannot be executing simultaneously, does that simplify user programming? In addition, if it is guaranteed that a thread will not surrender the CPU to another thread in its same process except at certain well defined times (a voluntary surrender, a system call, a signal) does that simplify user programming even more? Do these gains in simplicity make it worthwile not implementing what might otherwise be a powerful feature? ... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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