From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,LOTS_OF_MONEY autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,c02e0ad89ef0dfec X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-12 18:47:45 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.cwix.com!newsfeed1.cidera.com!Cidera!cyclone.tampabay.rr.com!cyclone.austin.rr.com!typhoon.austin.rr.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "Frank Christiny" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Ada tasks: processes or threads X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <%2zj8.80151$6j2.4552284@typhoon.austin.rr.com> Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 02:45:15 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.160.122.71 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.austin.rr.com 1015987515 24.160.122.71 (Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:45:15 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 20:45:15 CST Organization: Road Runner - Texas Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21143 Date: 2002-03-13T02:45:15+00:00 List-Id: Ooops! I just found out OC Systems' compiler DOES map Ada tasks to AIX threads. All I need to find out is whether this applies to all their versions of PowerAda... -- Frank Christiny "Frank Christiny" wrote in message news:eWyj8.80098$6j2.4551742@typhoon.austin.rr.com... > Dear All, > > Correct me if I am wrong, but it seems to me, from a cursory > research on the subject, that it depends entirely on the compiler, not > the programmer, as to whether Ada tasks are spawned as child > processes or as threads. For example, DEC's Ada 3.5 for OpenVMS > seems to be of the latter persuasion while OC Systems' PowerAda > 3.1 for AIX does the former. Am I in the right track? > > What I am trying to discern is whether my version of Ada95, > PowerAda 3.1, can do multithreading in the multithreaded > environment of AIX if I so choose to or am I stuck with spawns > only? If I need to get me some special libraries in order to create > threads, which are they and where do I find them? > > Thanks! > -- > Frank Christiny > Houston, TX > > >