On Tue, Nov 07, 2006 at 03:53:02PM +0200, Constantine Kousoulos wrote: > That wasn't what i meant. I would like to know what are the major > things that *don't* work. Can someone enlighten me on that subject?
I know ;-). I would also like to know, otherwise I would have told you. > Does the current pthread implementation enable the use of pthreads > in new servers-libraries-translators? In other words, can a new > server/translator written with pthreads coexist with the current > cthread-based servers/translators? No, translators must use the cthreads library :-/. I guess the main reason is that some libraries commonly used by translators, such as libports, use the cthreads library internally (e.g. when using ports_manage_port_operations_multithread()), which forces translators to use compatible objects (like mutexes). -- Richard Braun
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