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From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. NT Stability
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> > > So my question is: how does NT behave when it has to schedule
> > > between a large number of processes each with its own process
> > > context, VM, page tables etc?  Conversely how does the unix
> > > program behave when linked with -lpthreads and with `fork()'
> > > replaced with `pthread_create()'?
> 
> This may be a silly question, but where do I get libpthreads from?

It is in ports.  You will need a thread safe lbc (patched included
in the port, I believe).


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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