multi threading and win9x

[Tim Peters]

[Timothy Smith]
> i want to run my sql statements on a seperate thread to prevent my app
> from stop responding to input (atm is says "not responding" under
> windows until the sql is finished)
> but i'm hesitant because i have to still support win9x and i'm not sure
> how well this will play.

All versions of Windows >= Win95 use threads heavily, have very solid
thread support, and the Win32 API was thread-aware from the start 
Thread _scheduling_ is pretty bizarre <= WinME, but process scheduling
is too.  Don't try to use hundreds of threads <= WinME and you should
be fine.