> > > that it will all just come out in the wash. Kernel threads aren't
> > > light weight, though.
> >
> > If kernel threads aren't light-weight, then what differentiates them
> > from processes?
>
> Shared address space.
You can do that easily enough know with mmap'd files, and or SYSV shmem.
It would seem to me that heavy-weight threads don't buy you anything
that you can't already do know. Heck, someone could write up a library
that does that already, making the details hidden like the user-land
pthreads library.
It seems to me we're checking off a box on someone's list of features
w/out any regard to the usefulness of that feature. :(
Nate
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