Subject: Re: libpthread
To: NetBSD-current Discussion List <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Nathan J. Williams <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
List: current-users
Date: 06/21/2003 23:48:56
"Greg A. Woods" <woods@weird.com> writes:

> The problem is there are just too many macho programmers who think they
> can tackle at least the use of application-level threads using only
> plain old C and now too many people are getting the impression that an
> operating system isn't useful or modern unless it has kernel level
> thread support for all the many dozens of unnecessarily threaded
> applications.

Amen. The more work I do on threads, the more convinced I am that most
programs shouldn't use them (Of course, I have the same feelings about
C.....)

        - Nathan