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On Tue, Feb 13, 2007 at 09:58:48AM -0500, Benjamin LaHaise wrote:

> not present is mandatory).  I have looked into exactly this approach, and 
> it's only cheaper if the code is incomplete.  Linux's native threads are 
> pretty damned good.

Cheaper in time or in memory? Iow, would you be able to queue up as many
threads as syslets?

	Bert

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