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Re: GNU Pth vs. LinuxThreads



On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Gregor Hoffleit wrote:

> The program in question is Python, which has now support for both
> libraries. The CVS version prefers Pth over LinuxThreads if both are
> available, and I'm looking for arguments whether this is reasonable.
> I had the impression LinuxThreads was a better choice where available.

'LinuxThreads' is mostly POSIX threading and is real kernel-based 
threading. AFAIK GNU Pth is user space threading, it is portable, but it
doesn't provide real concurrency. (This would be why your signal problem
goes away)

Jason



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