Hello Peter,


PS> Why is it that you'd want real threads?  What can real threads do that
PS> Ruby VM threads can't do?  The answer is synchronous calls out to OS
PS> services.  (As well as utilizing multiple processors, but that's 
PS> another issue.)

I find multiple real OS threads so important that lack of this feature
puts a Visual Works port out of my interest.

Remember that we are now entering a time where even desktop computers
from the WalMart shelf come with 4 CPU's (2 real + 2 Hyperthreaded).

Good luck for you, but i will stay with YARV and not join the dark
side.



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