From:	fjh AT cs DOT mu DOT OZ DOT AU (Fergus Henderson)
Subject:	Re: Pthreads for gnu-win32?
17 Oct 1997 18:54:48 -0700 :
Message-ID:	<199710171611.CAA32241.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU>
References:	<9710161332 DOT ZM9552 AT xvn DOT ds DOT boeing DOT com>
To:	gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com

You write:

>	Anyone know of a port of pthreads for gnu-win32 or if gnu-win32
>supports posix threads?

As far as I know, gnu-win32 does not support threads; I'm pretty sure that
the C library it uses, `newlib', is not thread-safe.

It is a pity that Cygnus didn't use the GNU C library, which supports
threads, and (from what I have heard) is generally better than newlib.
I believe the main motivation for using newlib was copyright issues.

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