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From: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
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Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD a better choice for threads/tasking?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 12:41:15 -0700
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Mike Silva wrote:
> Is either of these OSes (on x86) the preferred choice based on completeness
> and performance of their threading implementations?  I'm looking to improve
> my skills at both raw POSIX threads programming and Ada task programming
> (GNAT) and want to make the right OS choice, if there is one.  Thanks for
> any comments.
> 
> Mike

	In my experience, multithreaded programs running agressively on FreeBSD
inevitably crash. The Linux threading model is much stabler. I've tried
both FreeBSD's libc_r and the port of LinuxThreads.

	DS