From: Art Hunkins ()
Date: Dec 2, 2004
Subject:
Re: pthreads (was Re: Updates to csound4)
I'd respond yes to both queries.
OTOH, as Michael suggested previously re: question 1, we'd have to find
someone willing to undertake such a gargantuan task.
Art Hunkins
----- Original Message -----
From: "Iain Duncan"
To:
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 1:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Csnd] pthreads (was Re: [Csnd] Updates to csound4)
> Personally I think it's better that they have to install new libraries
> and we have more cross-platform code. After all, isn't that what we
> already do for portaudio, portmidi, libsndfile, etc?
>
> And shouldn't this be moved to the dev list?
> iain
>
> John D. Ramsdell wrote:
> > Victor Lazzarini writes:
> >
> >
> >>The pthread lib ("winpthread") can be built from the its sources,
> >>and it's also available in binary form for other compilers. I am sure
there
> >>is a minGW binary available somewhere. So, in fact, it is available
> >>for all our target systems.
> >
> >
> > But not easily available. I don't want to ask MinGW users to install
> > anything over the base system.
> >
> > Is there some reason to avoid using native Windows threads? They seem
> > to do the job.
> >
> > John
> -- [EMAIL REMOVED] > (or to http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/cgi-bin/csound ) [EMAIL REMOVED]
-- [EMAIL REMOVED] (or to http://www.cs.bath.ac.uk/cgi-bin/csound ) [EMAIL REMOVED]