Re: [gtk-list] what are pthreads?

[SEGV <mlepage cgocable net>]

John C Atkeson wrote:
> 
> 
>   <sheepish grin> I've been programming with gtk over a month now, coming
> along fine..  But I haven't figured out yet what the pthreads thing is
> about.
> 
>   Is it about multitasking?  If so, then I can really use it.

pthreads are POSIX threads, which allows multiple threads of control
within a process that share memory and other resource but otherwise
behave as their own processes.

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