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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!enews.sgi.com!lll-winken.llnl.gov!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM!usenet From: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@eng.sun.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Benchmarking different Unix Operating Systems Date: 13 Sep 1996 13:04:43 -0700 Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 14 Sender: bos@plokta Distribution: inet Message-ID: <dpz685inpus.fsf@eng.sun.com> References: <aak2.842008017@Isis.MsState.Edu> <50p41e$1ie@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> <5120jc$qh5@panix.com> <32399C1B.7EC4FD4F@lambert.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plokta.eng.sun.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27235 comp.unix.solaris:82489 comp.os.linux.misc:129052 t> And pthreads runs on HP. No it doesn't. HP ships with DCE threads, which are relatively ancient and crufty. Solaris 2.5 and 2.5.1, Digital UNIX 4.0, and Irix 6.2 (with appropriate patch) are the only systems that currently ship with standard POSIX threads on board. <b -- Let us pray: What a Great System. Please Do Not Crash. ^G^IP@P6