Re: Multithreading

[patrick_d_logan@ccm.jf.intel.com (Patrick D. Logan)]

In article <CzAH3B.CtI@ois.com> beckwb@ois.com (R. William Beckwith) writes:

>For every multi-threaded operating system I can think of, there _is_
>an Ada compiler that uses the native O/S threads for Ada tasks.

>        Lynx            Alsys
>        OS/2            Alsys
>        OSF/1           DEC, Rational
>        OpenVMS/AXP     DEC
>        SGI             Rational
>        Sequent         Rational
>        Solaris 2.X     Sun (Rational)
>        Win NT          Alsys, Rational

>I'm sure I missing quite a few.

>The free GNAT Ada 9X compiler is built on top of a POSIX threads
>library.  Thus, it always uses O/S threads for Ada tasks.

Do any of these Adas that support OS threading also support garbage collection?

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