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From: jfjr@mitre-bedford.arpa
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: light weight processes and threads
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Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 12:37:20 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 13 12:37:20 1987
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  I have been seeing "threads" and "light weight processes" in a Unix
context but I am not quite clear exactly what these terms mean in this
context and how such things are done. I thirst for enlightenment


                                               Jerry Freedman, Jr
                                               jfjr@mitre-bedford.arpa