David Korn wrote: > > Subject: Re: Re: Re: [ksh93-integration-discuss] > Shouldksh93/libshelluse|posix_spawn()| instead of |vfork()| ? > -------- > > > Didn't Roland say he's working on a thread safe version of libshell? > > When that happens, the feature test for using vfork() would have > to change. However, the result might be that using threads > decreases performance on some systems in which case threads > would be disabled on those systems by default.
When you say "using theads decreases performance" - are you thinking about the overhead of locking in this case ? ---- Bye, Roland -- __ . . __ (o.\ \/ /.o) roland.mainz at nrubsig.org \__\/\/__/ MPEG specialist, C&&JAVA&&Sun&&Unix programmer /O /==\ O\ TEL +49 641 7950090 (;O/ \/ \O;)
