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From: gilstrap@pooh_corner.sbc.com (Brian R. Gilstrap)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: True lightweight threads for the Mac?
Keywords: lightweight threads, MacOS
Message-ID: <1990Oct9.161031.12927@swbatl.sbc.com>
Date: 9 Oct 90 16:10:31 GMT
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Reply-To: gilstrap@pooh_corner.sbc.com (Brian R. Gilstrap)
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Has anyone managed to get true lightweight threads going on the Mac?  What
I mean is that the C++ "task" library (which last I knew didn't work under the
MacOS anyway) doesn't cut it.  I'm looking for multiple threads of execution
within the same "address space" (which in the MacOS roughly corresponds to
"the same application heap(s)").

Barring that (and off the top of my head), is there anyone out there who
has thought much about using interrupts/VBL-stuff to force switching between
C++ "tasks".


Any other approach for solving this problem (other than "Wait for IAC") would
be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian R. Gilstrap
gilstrap@pooh_corner.sbc.com
gilstrap@swbatl.sbc.com
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