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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!solace!news.stealth.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!nntp-hub2.barrnet.net!venus.sun.com!news2me.EBay.Sun.COM!engnews1.Eng.Sun.COM!usenet From: Bryan O'Sullivan <bos@eng.sun.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Benchmarking different Unix Operating Systems Date: 25 Sep 1996 09:45:57 -0700 Organization: Sun Microsystems Inc., Mountain View, CA Lines: 22 Sender: bos@plokta Distribution: inet Message-ID: <dpzsp86bl16.fsf@eng.sun.com> References: <aak2.842008017@Isis.MsState.Edu> <dpz685inpus.fsf@eng.sun.com> <323F5173.520DABA0@lambert.org> <dpzvid53vzl.fsf@eng.sun.com> <527vc8$cmu@panix2.panix.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plokta.eng.sun.com X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.2.25/XEmacs 19.14 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:27966 comp.unix.solaris:83742 comp.os.linux.misc:131593 t> FWIW, at the past Usenix I noticed that Chris Provenzano, who wrote t> that threads library, was positively _mobbed_ by Sun engineering t> types who wanted his opinion on various scheduling and threading t> issues. I'm not saying Provenzano isn't competent, but the current version of his Pthreads library is most definitely buggy (try reading comp.programming.threads or using select() from within an MIT Pthreads program if you don't believe me), and there hasn't been an update in six months. t> The conclusion is left as an exercise for the reader. People like sharing knowledge. Film at 11. <b -- Let us pray: What a Great System. Please Do Not Crash. ^G^IP@P6