[fpc-devel] Threading support and C library under Linux/Unix

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Op 2010-06-22 14:24, Marco van de Voort het geskryf:
> 
> No, not straight away. That is technically impossible without integrating a
> full C compiler, since POSIX requires to be able to read and interpret


And what if one implements a non-posix based implementation (of Free
Pascal's own design) support for kernel threading? eg: Start with Linux,
then implement others like OSX or *BSD if they support kernel threading. I
did a quick Google search, and there are a lot of multi-threading libraries
which implement kernel or user-space multi-threading which are not based on
POSIX standard.

Here is one such list - there are many more. Not all listed in this link
are POSIX based.

   http://linas.org/linux/threads-faq.html


The WINE project faced a similar problem. How to implement multi-threading
support from Win32 on a Linux kernel that didn't have all the same features
or API.  Read the page linked for more information - it makes for
interesting reading.

  http://www.winehq.org/docs/winedev-guide/threading


Anyway, my first thoughts is the same as Henry's - what would change
between distros?


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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