Subj : Re: Socket programmation with threads To : comp.programming.threads From : Joe Seigh Date : Tue May 24 2005 02:08 pm On Tue, 24 May 2005 17:08:13 +0200, Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk wrote: > "Joe Seigh" writes: > >> Linux's preemptive signaling > > What is this? > Linux NPTL, and the old Linux threads also to some degree, preempt the signaling thread. This measurably slows things down. -- Joe Seigh When you get lemons, you make lemonade. When you get hardware, you make software. .