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From: Drew <drew AT drew DOT com>
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Subject: Re: threads
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:15:33 -0400
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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?




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.