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From: dlw@odi.com (Dan Weinreb)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Intelligent Databases (was Re: DB Procedures)
Message-ID: <1989Dec4.212233.25658@odi.com>
Date: 4 Dec 89 21:22:33 GMT
References: <4198@rtech.rtech.com> <7323@sybase.sybase.com> <4220@rtech.rtech.com>
Reply-To: dlw@odi.com
Organization: Object Design, Inc.
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In-Reply-To: davek@rtech.rtech.com's message of 3 Dec 89 07:56:18 GMT

There could be a category in between your categories 3 and 4: a single
multithreaded server (in the sense that all threads run within a
single address space) that nevertheless is capable of utilizing
hardware multiprocessors, because the threads are implemented by the
operating system.  Sequent's version of Unix is one example of an
operating system that can do this.  In earlier postings we heard about
standardization efforts in this area.

Dan Weinreb		Object Design, Inc.		dlw@odi.com


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