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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: What kinds of things would you want in the GNU OS?
Message-ID: <4347@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 30 May 89 14:15:07 GMT
References: <106326@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <31756@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <8565@chinet.chi.il.us> <31965@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Organization: Xenix Support
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In article <31965@bu-cs.BU.EDU>, madd@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jim Frost) writes:
> Fork causes duplication of the data area and stack area.  Thread would
> only duplicate the stack area, the data area would be shared.

An efficient version of threads would not even duplicate the stack area...
instead the child would have a virgin stack, wit its starting address
passed from the parent. It's highlt desirable to make thread creation
a cheap process.
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Peter da Silva, Xenix Support, Ferranti International Controls Corporation.

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