Re: [HACKERS] Threads

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Tom Lane wrote:

> Duane Currie <dcurrie@sandman.acadiau.ca> writes:
> > Would it not be advantageous to use threading in the PostgreSQL backend?
> 
> Just so you don't break the code for non-threaded platforms.
> 
> I believe mysql *requires* working thread support, which is one reason
> it is not so portable as Postgres... we should not give up that advantage.

Just curious here, but out of all the platforms we support, are there any
remaining that don't support threads?

Marc G. Fournier                   ICQ#7615664               IRC Nick: Scrappy
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