Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:25:04 -0600 | From | yodaiken@fsmlabs ... | Subject | Re: SCO: "thread creation is about a thousand times faster than onnative |
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On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 10:54:57PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > The users do not distingush between kernel thread and thread. They just > want a thread and assume it is lightweight. Linux effectively gives them > only heavy threads currently, which they usually do not need.
Linux processes are more lightweight than "threads" on many operating systems. As Rob Pike pointed out many years ago: a perceived need for "threads" means that processes are poorly designed.
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