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From: bojanic@mprgate.mpr.ca (Darko Bojanic)
Subject: Re: Multi-threaded Smalltalk programming
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Date: Thu, 19 Jan 1995 19:01:00 GMT
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Hello,
I heard obout a product that provides real thread support for (ParcPlace) Smalltalk. You can probably get more info from their sales. However, we solved this problem witout it.
 
We are using Parcplace Smalltalk with DCE (POSIX) threads connected through CPOK (C interface ). As a part of Client Server application, we will go to C, create a pthread and return to smalltalk. We implemented a mailbox mechanisam to accept results when pthread terminates. Seems to be working fine (after spending a lot of time relinking the smalltlak VM vith thread safe libs).

Hope that this helps.

Darko Bojanic
