Re: Linux or FreeBSD a better choice for threads/tasking?

[cj.green@worldnet.att.net (Christopher Green)]

On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 18:36:16 -0800, "Mike Silva" <mjsilva@jps.net>
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

Linux has the more mature and stable threads implementation. GNAT on
Linux works directly with Linux threads. Go with Linux unless you must
have a BSD-ish Unix.

However, watch out for Linux 2.4 kernels; Linux threads were broken in
these kernels (at least as of last September). Linux kernel 2.2-based
distributions, such as RedHat 7.0, are fine.

-- 
Chris Green