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From: Drew <drew AT drew DOT com>
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Subject: Re: threads
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:58:55 -0400
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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?
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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