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http://www.faqs.org/faqs/os-research/part1/section-10.html
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/os-research/part1/section-10.html
Might be of some use as well --[[User:Lmundt|Lmundt]] 14:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC)
https://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/pthreads/

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Question

What is the history of POSIX Threads (pthreads)? Consider - does this history explain why UNIX was so late to implement support for multithreaded processes?

Answer

Hey guys, i'm just gunna get this started by posting a few links for everyone to get going. This will help explain a general idea of what they are and the history of them. Please add some more links or anything else you think would be helpful!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POSIX_Threads https://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/pthreads/ http://sourceware.org/pthreads-win32/

-tmalone

I found this, might not help, but it might:--Rannath 02:09, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

http://www.faqs.org/faqs/os-research/part1/section-10.html

Might be of some use as well --Lmundt 14:48, 7 October 2010 (UTC) https://computing.llnl.gov/tutorials/pthreads/