Re: Processes vs Threads

In article <783740754snz_at_sambusys.demon.co.uk>, <psb_at_sambusys.demon.co.uk> writes:

> Of course, MS Windows and VMS programmers love threads - they don't
> have (a proper or a cheap) fork(). Why do threads exist in the Unix
> environment if they are as useless as I say? Because then the likes
> of Transarc can provide portability between Unix, VMS and Windows
> via compatible threading libraries. Finally we have the reason
> for the existence of of threads. And that's why I'll ignore them:
> For the same reason I ignore VMS and MS Windows.
>
 Great comments! Received on Sat Nov 05 1994 - 00:37:28 CET