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From: logan@kronos.arc.nasa.gov (Logan Shaw)
Subject: Re: Benchmarking different Unix Operating Systems
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In article <dpz685inpus.fsf@eng.sun.com>,
Bryan O'Sullivan  <bos@eng.sun.com> wrote:
>t> And pthreads runs on HP.
>
>No it doesn't.  HP ships with DCE threads, which are relatively
>ancient and crufty.  Solaris 2.5 and 2.5.1, Digital UNIX 4.0, and Irix
>6.2 (with appropriate patch) are the only systems that currently ship
>with standard POSIX threads on board.

I vaguely remember Posix threads being part of AIX.  As I recall, a
company where I used to work was doing a really good job of breaking
them under 3.2.5.

  - Logan
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Logan Shaw, Unix Systems Administrator
"everybody / loves to see / justice done / on somebody else" (Bruce Cockburn)