--- Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Kamal R. Prasad wrote: > > >--- Julian Elischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Kamal R. Prasad wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>--- Lucas Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Wouldn't a multi threaded program potentially > need > >>>>more cpu time than > >>>>vi? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>No. That is not a given. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Multithreaded apps are created to do a lot of > >>>>computation or > >>>>because they have a lot of concurrent activity > >>>> > >>>> > >>that > >> > >> > >>>>might block right? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>Threads are meant to take advantage of > concurrency. > >>> > >>> > >>>Maybe the freebsd implementation should implement > >>> > >>> > >>NPTL > >> > >> > >>>in entirety. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>NPTL? > >>New Pthreads Library from Library? > >> > >> > >Yes. > > > > > >>isn't that GPL'd? > >> > >> > >> > >No -it is a standard. The linux implementation of > nptl > >is gpl'ed. > >regards > >-kamal > > > > > > so how does that differ from what we have ... a > native pthreads library? > I just said if it was conformant with NPTL, thread and process scheduling would co-exist.
regards -kamal > > > > > >===== > >------------------------------------------------------------ > >Kamal R. Prasad > >UNIX systems consultant > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >In theory, there is no difference between theory > and practice. In practice, there is:-). > >------------------------------------------------------------ > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Kamal R. Prasad UNIX systems consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is:-). ------------------------------------------------------------ __________________________________ Celebrate Yahoo!'s 10th Birthday! Yahoo! Netrospective: 100 Moments of the Web http://birthday.yahoo.com/netrospective/ _______________________________________________ freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
