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David Xu wrote:
> 
> do you think that a multithreaded process should use more CPU time then
> a single thread process, so threaded process should have higher priority
> and block other single thread processes out? AFAIK, threading is not 
> designed for this, you may misunderstand what threading is designed for.

Threading might not have been originally designed for this, but a lot of 
people use it this way, a lot of people *want* it this way, and POSIX 
specifically mandates that this way be available.

So let's drop that issue, please.

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