On Fri, Nov 10, 2006 at 05:14:57PM +0000, Christos Zoulas wrote:
> In article <20061110011244.d49cf79d.unex@linija.org>,
> Mindaugas  <unex@linija.org> wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >1. Linux threads are emulated as processes. Would be good benefit to improve
> >this to use a native threading implementation. The more complex part is a
> >userland pthreads library with specific SA calls. Have we any thoughts about
> >implementing this part?
> 
> Not very easy to do, but a worth-while goal.

Why?  Even under Linux, the kind of "Linux threads" we're talking about
are processes.  Why engage in a monumental engineering effort to yield
a result which will probably act less like the emulated operating system
than what we already have?

-- 
  Thor Lancelot Simon	                                     tls@rek.tjls.com

  "We cannot usually in social life pursue a single value or a single moral
   aim, untroubled by the need to compromise with others."      - H.L.A. Hart