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List:       mozilla-os2
Subject:    Re: NT Fiber?
From:       "Alan O. Freier" <freier () netscape ! com>
Date:       1998-05-11 21:44:26
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Actually, fibers are NT objects, and parts of the NT world (4.0 and
newer), have API that deal with fibers. Fibers are non-preemptible, user
scheduable threads. NSPR uses a limited number of NT "threads" as
execution vehicles to support at large number of NSPR "local" threads.

Todd Crowe wrote:
> 
>  "Fiber" is NSPR-speak for "user thread".  It is not an NT OS object, just
> something the NSPR guys implemented in the NT version of NSPR.  User threads are
> not strictly necessary on OS/2 since OS/2 supports real threading, but they
> could be implemented/used for improved performance.
> 
> - Todd
> 

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