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-Thread: 103376,991f727832fb629d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!proxad.net!newsfeed1.ip.tiscali.net!tiscali!transit1.news.tiscali.nl!dreader2.news.tiscali.nl!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: GNAT 3.15p now supports NPTL on Debian References: <87oem3n7ls.fsf@insalien.org> From: Ludovic Brenta Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 00:17:09 +0200 Message-ID: <87iscbn34q.fsf@insalien.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:E2RBT+Wtkxsvkushsvbn8ZKBy1k= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Tiscali bv NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Jul 2004 00:16:33 CEST NNTP-Posting-Host: 83.134.241.154 X-Trace: 1090793793 dreader2.news.tiscali.nl 62376 83.134.241.154:32913 X-Complaints-To: abuse@tiscali.nl Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2384 Date: 2004-07-26T00:16:33+02:00 List-Id: Brian May writes: >>>>>> "Ludovic" == Ludovic Brenta writes: > > Ludovic> Today, gnat 3.15p-10 arrived in Debian Unstable. In this > Ludovic> upload, I have backported several fixes from GCC's main > Ludovic> line of development. One of these fixes allows > Ludovic> programmers to use Ada tasking with the New POSIX Thread > Ludovic> Library (NPTL) as provided by Linux 2.6 and glibc 2.3. > Ludovic> It is thus no longer necessary to use > Ludovic> "LD_ASSUME_KERNEL=2.4.1" as before. > > What benefits does NPTL provide for Ada programs? The benefits are not specific to Ada, but they are real. If you are building a web or application server based on AWS, or any kind of multithreaded server, you will be interested in NPTL. For an overview, see: http://linuxdevices.com/articles/AT6753699732.html -- Ludovic Brenta.