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Subj : Re: [RFC] Boost.Threads on its way to C++0x
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Randy Howard
Date : Mon Apr 25 2005 10:26 pm

In article <d4g623$nmu$1@domitilla.aioe.org>, pdimov@gmail.com 
says...
> > Anyway, this is all being done because Microsoft won't implement
> > Posix threads on windows, or Posix won't define a C++ api for
> > pthreads, or both?
> 
> A little bit of both, I think, plus the fact that the initial development of 
> Boost.Threads consisted mainly of reinventing the Posix wheels badly. But 
> Microsoft lacking pthread.h is probably the primary cause of this as well. 

So?  Microsoft can either adhere to the new standard, or not.  Why 
should the entire development community suffer in the future because 
of what MS does or does not support today?  

-- 
Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)
"I would rather have a German division in front of me
 than a French one behind me." -- Gen. George S. Patton

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