>>>>> "ts" == ts  <decoux / moulon.inra.fr> writes:

>>>>> "G" == Geoff Cadien <geoff / nm156.org> writes:
    G> #include <pthread.h>

    ts>  ruby is multi threaded, this mean that you don't need to use
    ts> pthread.

I believe that you even MUST NOT use pthread in ruby, indeed! Although
Ruby is multithreaded it implements multithreading on its own via
context switching using setjmp/longjmp.

I wouldn't be too surprised, if it would even not possible to use
pthread here. Using pthread would probably require to synchronize
things in the interpreter (e.g. saving/restoring of the current
interpreter state). And, AFAIK, matz has not forseen such
synchronization points for any other than Ruby's own multithreading
scheme.

But this is not a disadvantage, IMHO! Ruby do threading very well
without help from the OS ;-)

...

    ts> Guy Decoux

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