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From: mpeters@crl.com (Marc Peters)
Subject: Threads on DEC Ada for Alpha
Date: 1996/06/24
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Date: 1996-06-24T00:00:00+00:00
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Hello Ada programmers!

I am working on a project which uses DEC Ada on an Alpha. I am working 
on a project where the current design approach is to have several
processes running on different processors. Data that is communicated
between each process is done through "shared memory". I think this is
a more conventional approach that doesn't really utilize the  multi-
threaded nature of OSF/1 running on the Alpha. I am proposing to convert
these separate processes into POSIX threads and have memory shared 
"implicitly". The question I have is has anyone used the DEC Ada
compiler with POSIX threads on the Alpha? If so, do you have any pearls
of wisdom you can share with me about the feasibility of doing this?
The tests I've done so far seem to indicate that it will work fine. 
However, if someone has had problems with this approach, I would be 
grateful to hear from you.

Thanks,
Marc Peters
peters@aisf.com