Emil Dotchevski wrote:> <Snip>> > While strictly speaking I do not *need* to use existing C libraries in my > > C++ code, I *want* to be able to. And I mean this in general, not just for > > threading libraries.> I think what is needed for pthreads to be standardized would be for the > C programming language group to standardize it not the C++.> I seriously doubt they would standardize something which belongs in the > purview of the C group which pthreads does IMO. The interoperability problems between pthread-based C libraries and C++ exist today in POSIX-based systems. Standardizing pthreads in its current form will not solve these issues; all it will do is bring pthread to Windows.

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