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I don't know the details. I suspect the answer is that the threading support was written when pthread support was less common, and the MzScheme developers have
by metageek 16y ago
I don't know the details. I suspect the answer is that the threading support was written when pthread support was less common, and the MzScheme developers haven't been sufficiently interested in rewriting it.
- elibarzilay 16y agoRacket now includes a new facility -- "features" -- which are essentially a lightweight OS-level thread. There's also another -- "places" -- which is a more separated heavy threads (closer to a new process), but that one is not enabled by default.