Mail Archives: djgpp/2003/10/22/11:15:17
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 06:40:03 GMT, Ben Peddell
<killer DOT lightspeed AT bigpond DOT com> wrote:
>Drew wrote:
>> Thanks Ben....what C++ compiler should I use to do threads? Is there
>> a free one like DJGPP that does threads that I could use or will I
>> need to purchase a GUI one like Borland?
>>
>>
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>> On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 10:40:30 GMT, Ben Peddell
>> <killer DOT lightspeed AT bigpond DOT com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Drew wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is it possible to do threads with DJGPP? I've got a simple Java
>>>>thread program that I want to convert to C++ to learn about doing
>>>>threads in C++ but I don't know if DJGPP can do them or not?
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone know or have a short, sample DJGPP thread program?
>>>>
>>>>Thanks :)
>>>>Drew
>>>>
>>>
>>>Since DOS does not support threads, neither does DJGPP.
>>>However, it might be possible to emulate a threaded program in pure DOS.
>>
>>
>
>As I say, DOS does not support threads, so no DOS compiler will support
>threads without emulating them. There is a pthread library available for
>DJGPP, but it's appearantly still alpha code.
Right...I got that. I was asking about any C++ compiler that
supported them, not DOS ones in particular. Thanks fo the info on the
pthread library. :)
><ftp://ftp.cs.fsu.edu/pub/PART/PTHREADS/pthreads.zip>
>When I checked that link, their admin prohibited access:
>icmp: host ww2.cs.fsu.edu unreachable - admin prohibited filter for
>144.139.xxx.xxx.xxxxx > ww2.cs.fsu.edu.ftp
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