[m-dev.] for review: changes to runtime required for webserver

[Robert Jeschofnik]

On 22-Aug-2000, Peter Ross <peter.ross at miscrit.be> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 08:48:41AM +1000, Robert Jeschofnik wrote:

> > or is this for genuine posix threads, and not just threads inside the one
> > mercury engine?
> > (if so, this could be exactly what I am after for something else I was doing)
> > 
> It is for genuine posix threads (what is a non genuine posix thread, by
> the way ;) ), each spawned thread is run in its own posix thread.

I was thinking of the distinction between a Mercury thread and a POSIX thread.
An application with multiple Mercury threads is still `single threaded' as far
as the rest of the world is concerned, when looked at from the outside (in non
.par grades, or in .par with -P 1)

> 
> The next step in my plan is to start using the Win32 thread primitives.
> Should be fun.

Good luck :)


Rob

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