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



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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