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Re: [MiNT] Multi-threading on MiNT OS ?

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Subject: Re: [MiNT] Multi-threading on MiNT OS ?
From: Frank Naumann <fnaumann@mail.CS.Uni-Magdeburg.De>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 12:52:06 +0200 (CEST)
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Hello!

> > And the PTH library? Is it not for thread's handling?
>
> I've never used it, so I don't know how does it operate. Perhaps someone
> else would answer this.

The pth library is a user space thread library. It implement POSIX threads
completly in user space (e.g. do it's own cooperative thread switching).

'Threads' is just a generic term, there exist several thread models all
with it's own advantages and disadvantages.


Ciao
   ...Frank

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