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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Request For Comments: KThread
From:       Carsten Pfeiffer <carpdjih () cetus ! zrz ! TU-Berlin ! DE>
Date:       1999-09-30 19:52:43
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On Thu, Sep 30, 1999 at 10:57:40AM -0700, Kurt Granroth wrote:

Hi,
 
> When you're making your decision about which thread package to use,
> remember that posix threads just won't cut it.  Off the top of my
> head, I know that libc5 (read: all non-new distros) does *not* have
> pthreads.  I'm sure that quite a few more platforms are similar.
> 
> GNU Pth might be a good one.  It's written by the author of nps (or
> whatever one Roberto is using for newkrn).

ktl (which is already there in KImageShop!) was intended to be implemented
as a wrapper around existing threading-libraries - whichever ones are
available for your desired platform. GNU Pth is a 
userspace-implementation, so it won't be of any use for numbercrunching
(e.g. in KIS).
ktl even should be able (later) to change the underlying threading-lib at
runtime.

Cheers,
Carsten Pfeiffer
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