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From: marovich@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Scott Marovich)
Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
Subject: Re: P-Threads: Info?
Summary: IEEE 1003.4 Draft
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Date: 16 Feb 90 23:35:27 GMT
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>Can any kind person point me to a source of information about P-threads?

There is a draft proposal (tentatively, 1003.4) working its way through the
IEEE POSIX standardization process, currently entitled "Real Time Extentions
for Portable Operating Systems".  The proposal includes a standardized
application program interface for concurrent, multi-threaded programs, but
there is no commitment to a particular implementation tactic; coroutines,
kernel-supported threads, and "1 process per 'thread'" all seem to be
permissible.  For more information, contact Nawaf Bitar at the Open Software
Foundation (nawaf@osf.org) who, I believe, is Chairman of the responsible
subcommittee.
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