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From: Dmitry Khrustalev <dima@bog.msu.su>
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Subject: Re: ideas from netbsd
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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