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Re: multithread programming

In article <36B473CD.616A8732.cygnus.gnu-win32@uni-duesseldorf.de>,
Stipe Tolj <tolj@uni-duesseldorf.de> wrote:
>> i wanted to learn how to code multithread programms
>> so i read a tutorial at
>> http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/proven/pthreads_man.html
>> and i looked for #include <pthread.h> and i didn't find it in cygwin B19
>>
>> how can i make POSIX compliant multithread programms with cygwin ?
>
>unfortunatly Cygwin b19 (and b20) are _not_ multithread safe. Therefore the
>posix thread pthread package from MIT won't work.
>
>That's at least what core developers have told me on that issue.

Actually, recent source snapshots have had a threadsafe option which has
to be manually configured.  This also includes limited pthread support.
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