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Re: AIX and thread

From: Christophe Neumair <christophe_at_neumair.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 14:37:49 +0200

Hi,

> (There are certainly *some* AIX-specific problems one should be aware
> of
> though, the POSIX semaphores, for example, exist in the AIX 5.1
> runtime
> library and header files, but they're all just fake functions.
> Your application will compile just fine, but will fail in runtime if
> your're synchronizing your threads through posix semaphores.
> For some reason IBM thought this non-solution was 'cleaner' than not
> providing the header- and libc definitions at all. Go figure.)

        Yes, I know that posix semphore on AIX system
        are completely fake for use between thread.
        Then, I use mutex to synchronizing my threads.

Christophe

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