Re: best approach for multithreading (?)

From	scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
Subject	Re: best approach for multithreading (?)
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Date	2024-12-06 16:10 +0000

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Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> writes:
>On 2024-12-06, James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> On 12/3/24 12:48, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
>> ...
>>> Think about it. The POSIX standard includes ISO C by reference.
>>> So that means POSIX has to have two thread libraries.
>>> It's a waste of flash in embedded systems.
>>
>> C <threads.h> can be implemented as a thin wrapper over POSIX threads.
>> The waste is relatively negligible. The differences, were intended to
>> allow <threads.h> to also be implemented on non-POSIX systems as
>> wrappers for whatever the native threading system was.
>
>Generally speaking, you can have a function called pthread_create on
>non-POSIX systems, and a header <pthread.h>.

There are certain requirements of a posix threads implementation that
might be impossible for a non-POSIX system to implement efficiently;
windows, for example, doesn't support signals.

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    Re: best approach for multithreading (?) Lew Pitcher <lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca> - 2024-12-01 15:45 +0000
      Re: best approach for multithreading (?) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-12-01 15:54 +0000
        Re: best approach for multithreading (?) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-12-01 15:00 -0800
          Re: best approach for multithreading (?) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-12-03 17:48 +0000
            Re: best approach for multithreading (?) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-12-03 12:24 -0800
            Re: best approach for multithreading (?) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-12-05 19:09 -0500
              Re: best approach for multithreading (?) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-12-06 03:14 +0000
                Re: best approach for multithreading (?) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2024-12-06 16:10 +0000
                Re: best approach for multithreading (?) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-12-06 18:20 +0000
                Re: best approach for multithreading (?) James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2024-12-07 00:16 -0500
                Re: best approach for multithreading (?) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-12-06 22:37 -0800
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                Re: best approach for multithreading (?) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-12-08 03:49 +0000
                Re: best approach for multithreading (?) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-12-07 20:36 -0800
                Re: best approach for multithreading (?) Kaz Kylheku <643-408-1753@kylheku.com> - 2024-12-08 09:31 +0000
                Re: best approach for multithreading (?) "Chris M. Thomasson" <chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com> - 2024-12-08 15:12 -0800
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    Re: best approach for multithreading (?) fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2024-12-03 15:33 +0100

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