Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!gatech!bloom-beacon!husc6!cmcl2!brl-adm!adm!jfjr@mitre-bedford.arpa From: jfjr@mitre-bedford.arpa Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: light weight processes and threads Message-ID: <8272@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 12:37:20 EDT Article-I.D.: brl-adm.8272 Posted: Mon Jul 13 12:37:20 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jul-87 05:47:49 EDT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 8 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