Johan Nilsson wrote:
Peter Dimov wrote:
Anthony Williams wrote:
For a non-pthreads platform, it might make sense to implement pthreads in terms of the C++ interface, which is implementes in terms of the native API, rather than implement the C++ interface in terms of pthreads, which is then implemented in terms of the native API.
Yes, this is possible, and there are no technical reasons to avoid this implementation approach. There are, how should I put that, ideological reasons to not target non-pthread platforms directly, though.
Wow, this caught my eye when lurking around. Are we promoting Windows-bashing for its own sake here ;-)
http://www.infoworld.com/articles/pl/xml/02/07/29/020729plmsu.xml (REVIEWS: A nod toward Unix... PROS: + Bypasses Win32 API for performance + Superior performance to Win32 API + Price is unbeatable) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/interopmigration/unix/sfu/pthreads0.mspx regards, alexander.