Python Threads on Linux

Tue Jul 31 16:12:42 EDT 2001

On Tue, 31 Jul 2001 17:28:32 GMT, Courageous <jkraska1 at san.rr.com> wrote:
>>Didn't IBM just release a new (optional) threads package for Linux that
>>implements true lightweight threads?

Yes. See http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/pthreads/

>This would require a kernel-patch, yes?

Yes. IBM's Next Generation Posix Threading is btw. based on GNU Pth (a
threading library that is non-preemptive and runs completely in userspace).
Python can be built against GNU Pth out of the box.

Gerhard
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