Are there Pthreads on Win32?
Several answers here. #1 is probably the best (most recent!). A: Yes, there is a GNU pthreads library for Win32. It is still under active development, but you can find out more by looking at http://sourceware.cygnus.com/pthreads-win32/ (This is a combination of Ben Elliston & John Bossom’s work. & others?) Also: Well, Dave Butenhof will probably kill me for saying this, but Digital has a pthreads implementation for WIN32. I bug them occasionally about packaging up the header and dll and selling it separately (for a reasonable price, of course). I think it’s a great idea. My company has products on NT and UNIX, so it would solve some painful portability issues for us. This implementation uses the same “threads engine” that Digital uses, rather than just some wrappers on NT system services. So, maybe if a few potential customers join me in asking Digital for this, we’ll get somewhere. What say, Dave? ================ I have such a beast…sort of. I have a pthreads draft 4 wrapper that i
