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From: kgorlen@alw.nih.gov (Keith Gorlen)
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Subject: Re: C++ Lightweight Process Pkgs: Summary
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Date: 15 Mar 91 01:32:46 GMT
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In article <269@salt.bellcore.com>, jxr@thumper..bellcore.com (Jonathan Rosenberg) writes:
|> Another common LWP package mentioned is that freely available in the
|> NIH Class library.  This package is (kind of) documented in the book
|> "Data Abstractions and Object-oriented Programming in C++", by Gorlen,
|> Orlow & Plexico.  I've taken a quick look at the info on this package
|> & it appears to be rather contorted to use, but that's just a 1st
|> impression.
|> 

Portability and compatibility of LWP implementations are problems.
If had I to do LWP support today, I'd investigate the feasibility of
wrapping some C++ classes around DECThreads, which supposedly is POSIX
-compliant.  I believe this package is available from OSF as part of
the latest DCE (Distributed Computing Environment) snapshot.

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