From: fjh@cs.mu.OZ.AU (Fergus Henderson) Subject: Re: Pthreads for gnu-win32? 17 Oct 1997 18:54:48 -0700 Message-ID: <199710171611.CAA32241.cygnus.gnu-win32@mundook.cs.mu.OZ.AU> References: <9710161332.ZM9552@xvn.ds.boeing.com> To: gnu-win32@cygnus.com You write: > Anyone know of a port of pthreads for gnu-win32 or if gnu-win32 >supports posix threads? As far as I know, gnu-win32 does not support threads; I'm pretty sure that the C library it uses, `newlib', is not thread-safe. It is a pity that Cygnus didn't use the GNU C library, which supports threads, and (from what I have heard) is generally better than newlib. I believe the main motivation for using newlib was copyright issues. -- Fergus Henderson | "I have always known that the pursuit WWW: | of excellence is a lethal habit" PGP: finger fjh@128.250.37.3 | -- the last words of T. S. Garp. - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".