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SubjectRe: Threads in linux.
On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Carlos Costa Portela wrote:

> Hello all!
>
> This morning I went to a work-interview. Unfortunately, in that company
> they use WinNT. But, well, they had a good opinion about linux, blah,
> blah, blah...
>
> But the director says me that linux doesn't implement threads, is this
> true?. He said that threads in linux are implemented by a library, not at
> kernel-level.
>

Yes. It's by library. It's called "Linuxthreads". If is unknown if WinNT
has threads in the kernel, because the kernel source isn't published.
Micro$oft can claim anything they wish. Further, if threads "in the
kernel" is considered a requirement by the so-called "Director", you
probably don't want to work for that "Director" because he/she has
proven opinion without demonstrated competence.

Cheers,
Dick Johnson
**** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ****
Penguin : Linux version 2.3.13 on an i686 machine (400.59 BogoMips).
Warning : It's hard to remain at the trailing edge of technology.


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