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Threads cannot be implemented as a library [pdf]

• codedivine 17y ago
  This was published at Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) in 2005. PLDI is one of the most respected conferences among compiler folks.
  • mahmud 17y ago
    It's by Hans Boehm. He can publish his papers on the National Enquirer tabloid and it wouldn't lose an iota in credibility.
• bediger 17y ago
  Great. Posix threading (via libray) doesn't work for C or C++. I presume that's true for Cthreads and Solaris threads, too. Why don't we see more problems in practice? I mean, I've done lots of threaded programs, and experienced lots of problems, but the problems have been 100% related to mistakes or inadequate conceptualizing of thread interactions. I've never run across something that "should work", but doesn't.