Re: difference between thread based and process based operating systems?

From: tingl <all4one_at_one4all.not>
Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 02:56:33 GMT
Message-ID: <BTZua.65087$4P1.5866069@newsread2.prod.itd.earthlink.net>

> Good article. Thanks. So I take it that a process is self contained. A
> thread is general 'interleaved' and shares memory correct?
>

Yes, you are correct.

> So if you run a thread in the background in Unix or use a pthread is it a
> seperate process? Same as a daemon? Which I believe is just a thread run
> with an '&' at the end correct?
>

No, we don't say a thread running in the background because it does not run independently like a process.

> I have a question of how shared server works on unix. If its spawning a
> seperate process, how does it 'share' since processes seem to be self
> contained.
>

I am not sure I understand your question. Are you talking about Oracle's shared server or MTS? Received on Fri May 09 2003 - 21:56:33 CDT