Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!cass.ma02.bull.com!mips2!bbn.com!fkittred From: fkittred@bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) Newsgroups: comp.os.mach Subject: Re: same task thread messaging and OSF/1 threads support Keywords: threads OSF/1 C-Threads POSIX-Threads Message-ID: <64360@bbn.BBN.COM> Date: 28 May 91 11:40:08 GMT References: <1991May24.174732.6353@infonode.ingr.com> Sender: news@bbn.com Reply-To: fkittred@spca.bbn.com (Fletcher Kittredge) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Cambridge MA Lines: 18 In article <1991May24.174732.6353@infonode.ingr.com> green@daniel.b17a.ingr.com writes: > >To change the subject to OSF/1, are C threads considered part of the "standard >Mach interface" in OSF/1, or is it strictly the POSIX Threads Extension >standard >that will be supported in OSF/1. > The version of OSF/1 which I am running, DEC's version, does not have C threads as a supported interface. I hope that C threads will *not* be supported in OSF/1. There are already too many different mechanisms for doing essentially the same thing... regards, fletcher Fletcher Kittredge BBN Software Products 150 CambridgePark Dr, Cambridge, MA. 02140 617-873-3465 / fkittred@bbn.com / fkittred@das.harvard.edu