From kde-devel Fri May 14 01:20:00 1999 From: Kurt Granroth Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 01:20:00 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: KDE & multithreading X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=92664613911696 Lubos Lunak wrote: > Ok, looks like most of you don't like the idea of using threads. Let me just > ask few questions and I'll shut up. I think most of us like the *idea* of using threads... it all comes down to the fact that it is not yet totally portable! > - Does the 'not widely available' argument also apply to KDE 2.0 ? I mean, I > can hardly imagine machine with C++ compiler able to compile exceptions and > such things( they will be needed for 2.0, won't they ? ) without having > pthreads ( thats like Rolls-Royce with wooden seats inside :) ). Compiling a new compiler is easily doable. Recompiling base libs and X with thread safety is not. My current libc5 system, for instance, is definitely not thread safe.. yet I use egcs 1.1.1. -- Kurt Granroth | granroth@kde.org KDE Developer/Evangelist | http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth KDE -- Putting a Friendly Face on Linux