On Thu, 04 Nov 1999, Gerald Richter wrote:
> >
> > Perl threads have nothing to do with OS level threads. They aren't
> > native; they're part of the language itself and don't depend or rely
> > on POSIX threads, native threads, or other such things. In
> > particular, Perl threading doesn't mean that Perl is thread safe.
> >
>
> Yes, Perl threads are not OS threads. I am not an thread expert, but Perl
> threads depends on OS threads, so it maybe possible to "attach" a Perl
> thread to an OS thread (sometime in the future, when Perl threads are
> stable)
Actually, Perl threads don't depend on OS threads. They can _use_ OS
threads if they're available, but it's system dependant.
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