Newsgroups: comp.parallel
From: psm@sics.se (Peter Magnusson)
Subject: Re: what is a thread
Organization: int i=0; while(i<4) putchar(((3*i-7)*i-6)*i+++83);
Date: Fri, 6 Jan 1995 15:07:02 GMT
Message-ID: <PSM.95Jan4105246@min.sics.se>

In article <RWADE.27.0009B8ED@relay.nswc.navy.mil> RWADE@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Robert E. Wade) writes:

   From: RWADE@relay.nswc.navy.mil (Robert E. Wade)
   Date: Fri, 9 Dec 1994 14:48:07 GMT

   One of my co-workers read an article on parallel processing and ran across the 
   work thread.  Does someone have a good definition of a thread? 

   {The views or opinions expressed in this article are of the
   user and do not, in any manner reflect that of the Navy.}
   Robert E. Wade - rwade@relay.nswc.navy.mil   

You could check out the FAQ for the comp.os.research. The nicest
version in at http://www.maths.tcd.ie/scrg/os-faq.html. There is a rather
detailed exposition on the nature and characterisation of threads.

Peter Magnusson
SICS
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Peter Magnusson
Swedish Institute of Computer Science


