From:	Richard Dawe <rich AT tudor21 DOT net>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: posix threads with djgpp
Date:	Wed, 26 Jan 2000 20:17:23 +0000
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Hello.

Damian Yerrick wrote:
> >But not everyone is thread saavy, so the FAQ volume quadruple.
> >There are people in this newsgroup strugling from DOS --> Un*x. Now
> >imagine having to deal with Thread too ...  I don't know if the
> >advantage will be visible.
> 
> Solution: two libc's. One is a "basic" libc for making "basic" DOS
> apps; the other is an "advanced" libc for making threaded apps.

This would be a complete nightmare - twice as much code to maintain!
Somehow I can't see this happening - IMHO if anyone's that bothered, then
they will probably switch to a different operating system, e.g. Linux,
*BSD, or use a thread library and code to that instead.

Bye,

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Richard Dawe
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