>
> are "buzz" locks then the same as "spin" locks?
> and are you saying that Netscape is using threads?
>
Netscape uses threads. Check out
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/refList/refNSPR/printro.html
I don't know for sure if this is what was meant by a buzz lock
but I sometimes use a construct that looks like this.
while(1) {
if(condition == true)break;
sched_yield();
}
Emil
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