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Next Generation POSIX Threading Version 1.9.0

Posted by michael on from the just-for-axehind dept.

axehind writes "IBM announced release 1.9.0 of NGPT (Next Generation POSIX Threading). The goal of this project is to attempt to solve the problems associated with the use of the pthreads library on Linux and improve significantly on the POSIX compliance of pthreads on Linux. It's licensed under the LGPL and can be downloaded here."

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  1. Humorous by selectspec · · Score: 2
    ...It will also enable Linux to provide threading services that are more in line with the capabilities of the commerical Unix operating system such as IBM AIX and SGI IRIX.

    Cough - no mention of sun threads (Solaris).

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    1. Re:Humorous by shani · · Score: 2

      From Solaris 2.5 to Solaris 8, POSIX threads on Solaris have been built on Sun threads. My understanding is that with Solaris 9, Sun has finally decided that POSIX threads are here to stay, and built their Sun threads on top of POSIX threads.