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  1. Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!darwin.sura.net!mlb.semi.harris.com!dave.mis.semi.harris.com!dbrillha
  3. From: dbrillha@dave.mis.semi.harris.com (Dave Brillhart)
  4. Subject: Re: Threads quotation (Re: A question on style ...)
  5. References: <MJN.92Aug9001716@pseudo.uucp> <1301@uknet.ac.uk> <1992Aug10.155204.24107@vaxeline.ftp.com> <1304@uknet.ac.uk>
  6. Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 13:18:54 GMT
  7. Nntp-Posting-Host: dave.mis.semi.harris.com
  8. Reply-To: dbrillha@dave.mis.semi.harris.com (Dave Brillhart)
  9. Organization: Harris Semiconductor
  10. Sender: news@mlb.semi.harris.com
  11. Message-ID: <1992Aug12.131854.27984@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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  14. Tim Goodwin writes:
  15.  
  16. >Anyway, my interpretation of this comment is that UNIX processes
  17. >originally *were* "light weight", and the current vogue for putting
  18. >threads inside UNIX processes illustrates how far we have strayed from
  19. >the minimalist path.
  20.  
  21. "Classic" UNIX processes are by definition *not light weight*. Although
  22. I've never used LWPs, I believe they are called LW because they don't
  23. carry around all the baggage of a "classic" process (additional kernel
  24. tables, ...) and operate within the address space of the parent.
  25.  
  26. >This has nothing to do with C.  Followups to comp.unix.programmer.
  27.  
  28. But it does have everything to do with UNIX.PROGRAMMING.
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  32.  Dave Brillhart                              Harris Semiconductor
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