RE: [HACKERS] Using Threads?

[Matthew]

        *snip*
> > 
> > Once all the questions regarding "why not" have been answered, it would
> > be good to also ask "why use threads?"  Do they simplify the code?  Do
> > they offer significant performance or efficiency gains?  What do they
> > give, other than being buzzword compliant?
> 
        The primary advantage that I see is that a single postgres process
can benefit from multiple processors. I see little advantage to using thread
for client connections.