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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: ffc1e,d0d32a18bbb61bb0 X-Google-Attributes: gidffc1e,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d0d32a18bbb61bb0 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-04-03 11:36:02 PST Message-ID: <3ACA15AC.31C02720@bga.com> Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2001 13:25:48 -0500 From: "Arthur H. Gold" Organization: UTCS OOPS Group X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.2.17-21mdk i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.programming.threads,comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD a better choice for threads/tasking? References: <3AC4EE29.424057F6@ebox.tninet.se> <52Jx6.39238$9O3.723041@news.total.net> <871yranq1w.fsf@deneb.enyo.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NNTP-Posting-Host: max2-75.ip.realtime.net X-Trace: 3 Apr 2001 13:35:42 -0500, max2-75.ip.realtime.net Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.skycache.com!Cidera!feed1.realtime.net Xref: supernews.google.com comp.programming.threads:3476 comp.lang.ada:6407 Date: 2001-04-03T13:25:48-05:00 List-Id: Florian Weimer wrote: > > ptjm@interlog.com (Patrick TJ McPhee) writes: > > > % Solaris has OS supported sync of threads in the same task. > > % You can create a mutex which works correctly between threads in the > > % same task. Linux DOESN't support that. > > > > This is simply untrue. The only serious problem with the Linux thread > > model is that each thread is assigned its own process id, contrary to > > standards and common sense. > > IMHO, the Linux model makes signal delivery much more transparent. No argument there; the only problem is that in this respect linuxthreads contravenes the POSIX standard for threads, resulting in portability problems. --ag -- Artie Gold, Austin, TX (finger the cs.utexas.edu account for more info) mailto:agold@bga.com or mailto:agold@cs.utexas.edu -- Clone Bernie!