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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!news.uoregon.edu!enews.sgi.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in1.uu.net!panix!news.panix.com!not-for-mail From: tls@panix.com (Thor Lancelot Simon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Benchmarking different Unix Operating Systems Date: 24 Sep 1996 02:33:44 -0400 Organization: Panix Lines: 19 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <527vc8$cmu@panix2.panix.com> References: <aak2.842008017@Isis.MsState.Edu> <dpz685inpus.fsf@eng.sun.com> <323F5173.520DABA0@lambert.org> <dpzvid53vzl.fsf@eng.sun.com> Reply-To: tls@rek.tjls.com NNTP-Posting-Host: panix2.panix.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27832 comp.unix.solaris:83554 comp.os.linux.misc:131209 In article <dpzvid53vzl.fsf@eng.sun.com>, Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@eng.sun.com> wrote: >t> "Runs on HP". >t> Not "Is shipped by default on HP systems by HP, Inc.". >t> There is a difference. > >t> Check the MIT pthreads distribution site for details. > >MIT Pthreads is unsuitable for any kind of serious use, because it is >buggy and doesn't seem to have been touched in quite a long time. FWIW, at the past Usenix I noticed that Chris Provenzano, who wrote that threads library, was positively _mobbed_ by Sun engineering types who wanted his opinion on various scheduling and threading issues. The conclusion is left as an exercise for the reader. -- Thor Lancelot Simon tls@panix.COM And me, I like to sit around, get high, and watch TV. -David Byrne