Subj : Re: Can C++ local static objects be made thread safe? To : comp.programming.threads From : Alexander Terekhov Date : Thu Feb 17 2005 01:41 pm David Schwartz wrote: [...] > Since we're talking about C/C++ language extensions here, Go read the standards. In C++, for example, apart from empty base objects, all objects are guaranteed to have distinct addresses; even zero length objects. And sharing is fundamental property of threads. That's what makes them threads, not processes. regards, alexander. .