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Date:      Wed, 8 Nov 1995 22:15:14 +0300 (????)
From:      Dmitry Khrustalev <dima@bog.msu.su>
To:        hackers@freefall.freebsd.org
Cc:        terry@lambert.org
Subject:   Re: ideas from netbsd
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.3.91.951108220457.7659A-100000@sunny.bog.msu.su>
In-Reply-To: <199511080530.VAA23023@freefall.freebsd.org>

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> 
> > 2. We need to integrate our own pthreads support badly enough that JAVA
> >    would better serve as incentive for a native port.  I don't think that
> >    pursuing NetBSD ABI emulation to that end is the best use of resources.
> 
> This is a misunderstanding.
> 
> JAVA will *not* work, as shipped by Sun, with pthreads or other user space
> threading system.

  Java, as shipped by Sun, uses simple user space thread library, green 
threads. It does not depend on solaris threads at all. However, it needs 
thread-safe libc.

-Dima



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