From: tolj AT uni-duesseldorf DOT de (Stipe Tolj)
Subject: Re: multithread programming
31 Jan 1999 11:43:58 -0800
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To: Alex <alexl AT i-france DOT com>
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Hi Alex,

> i wanted to learn how to code multithread programms
> so i read a tutorial at
> http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/proven/pthreads_man.html
> and i looked for #include <pthread.h> and i didn't find it in cygwin B19
>
> how can i make POSIX compliant multithread programms with cygwin ?

unfortunatly Cygwin b19 (and b20) are _not_ multithread safe. Therefore the
posix thread pthread package from MIT won't work.

That's at least what core developers have told me on that issue.

Regards,
Stipe

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Stipe Tolj <tolj AT uni-duesseldorf DOT de>

Cygwin Porting Project -- "We build UNIX on top of Windows"
http://www.student.uni-koeln.de/cygwin/

Department of Economical Computer Science
University of Cologne, Germany



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