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Date:      Fri, 28 Mar 2003 08:20:41 -0300
From:      "Daniel C. Sobral" <dcs@tcoip.com.br>
To:        David Xu <davidxu@freebsd.org>
Cc:        Scott Long <scott_long@btc.adaptec.com>
Subject:   Re: 1:1 threading.
Message-ID:  <3E843009.2060104@tcoip.com.br>
In-Reply-To: <005201c2f4c8$517da320$f001a8c0@davidw2k>
References:  <20030327143259.I64602-100000@mail.chesapeake.net> <005201c2f4c8$517da320$f001a8c0@davidw2k>

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David Xu wrote:
> 
> do you think that a multithreaded process should use more CPU time then
> a single thread process, so threaded process should have higher priority
> and block other single thread processes out? AFAIK, threading is not 
> designed for this, you may misunderstand what threading is designed for.

Threading might not have been originally designed for this, but a lot of 
people use it this way, a lot of people *want* it this way, and POSIX 
specifically mandates that this way be available.

So let's drop that issue, please.

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