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Article #5360Re: lightweight tasking on the PMAX
From: Win Treese
Date: Tue, 09 May 1989 05:02
Date: Tue, 09 May 1989 05:02
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In article <27613@cornell.UUCP> dwg@squid.tn.cornell.edu (David George) writes: > > ... > >ISIS relies on a lightweight task mechanism to switch between several >"tasks" within one process. Task switching basically amounts to >longjmps from one task to the next, but there are some complications. >Several other machines have built-in lightweight task mechanisms: >Sun's LWP, Next's MACH Cthreads, and Apollo's Tasks. Does anyone know >if the PMAX provides similar support? Ultrix 3.0 on the DECstation 3100 (the current release) does not include a lightweight task mechanism. Win Treese Cambridge Research Lab treese@crl.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!decvax!crltrx!treese From: treese@crltrx.crl.dec.com (Win Treese) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: lightweight tasking on the PMAX Message-ID: <139@crltrx.crl.dec.com> Date: 9 May 89 05:02:38 GMT References: <27613@cornell.UUCP> Reply-To: treese@crltrx.crl.dec.com.UUCP (Win Treese) Organization: DEC Cambridge Research Lab Lines: 16