Well sure, cthreads is ancient. I'm not disputing that, and pthreads has a lot more functionality. It is imperative that Hurd get its native pthreads fixed up. I hope you don't think that now that we have this cheezy "Pth" implementation that people will forget about it, rather I hope it will incite some desire to fix the real deal when people find out how slow and sucky pth->pthreads actually is. Pth is designed to be its own critter and just because it can emulate pthreads does not mean that it is particularly good at it or should seriously be used for just that purpose.
Pth is a nice threading lib when used in its own right, and its claim to fame is portability. It is in no way a great replacement for native pthreads and was never intended to be. Even though you could implement cthreads using pthreads, and pthreads using pth, that doesn't mean that it is the best solution.
Well, I'm done for the night. Take it easy!
Cheers! - Doug
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Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
I'm talking about properly done pthreads. There is nothing particularly good about cthreads, in fact, it's really pretty bad by modern standards.
