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To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: ideas from netbsd 
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Date: Tue, 07 Nov 1995 20:40:47 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> JAVA will *not* work, as shipped by Sun, with pthreads or other user space
> threading system.
> 
> The port to a user space threading model is being done to Linux and SunOS,
> and a NetBSD-specific port is being done in parallel.

I understand this.  But it doesn't mean that we can't (or shouldn't)
do our own port.  I have the sources to Java, as do a number of others,
and once pthreads are in FreeBSD you may rest assured that we'll be
doing it.

					Jordan