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Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 21:58:45 -0400
From: Christopher Faylor <cgf AT redhat DOT com>
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Subject: Re: pthreads works, sorta
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In-Reply-To: <03c701c0fdd7$82ddbde0$0200a8c0@lifelesswks>; from robert.collins@itdomain.com.au on Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:32:41AM +1000

On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:32:41AM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
>> I also know that Rob is fully aware of the performance problem and
>> has ideas he wishes to implement, when he can spare some moments of
>his
>> valuable time.  However, as of 1.3, our application doesn't run on
>Win32
>> without kluging the threads implementation (by using a pthreads
>implementation
>> from ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/pthreads-win32).  I am anxious to
>see
>> pthreads `right' on Cygwin.
>
>I cannot read that implementation unfortunately - cygwin1.dll
>contributes require copyright assignment. However if someone is
>willing/able to give me relatively details english differences between
>their mature implementation and the cygwin1.dll one, I'm more than happy
>to recode what cygwin's got.

There should be no problem with looking at that implementation.  It was
partially developed on Cygnus's dime.

cgf

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