Subj : Re: "why" use pthreads ?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Date : Thu Oct 13 2005 05:29 pm

inanc.gumus@gmail.com wrote:

> So, you say that even native apis are relatively heavier than pthreads
> don't you? Oops... Somethings is going on here...

I said that native Windows threads are heavier than pthreads on Unix like 
systems (Linux, Solaris, BSDs, etc.). That is just the Windows architecture. And 
I also said that when you add a layer on top of that Windows thread architecture 
to emulate pthreads you add even more overhead. For many applications the extra 
overhead would not be noticed, so using pthreads on WIN32 may be a good 
solution, but heavily threaded apps will be faster using native Windows threads 
or a lighter thread wrapper like I am using.

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Phil Frisbie, Jr.
Hawk Software
http://www.hawksoft.com

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