"B. Douglas Hilton" <doug.hilton@engineer.com> writes: > Good deal. From what I was reading about pth and > its support for pthreads, it is important to note that > pth is non-preemptive. Apparently there is nothing > in the pthread API that requires this, but some apps > which expect this behavior may not function correctly. In several key areas, the Hurd servers do require preemption.