KSE, libpthread & libthr: almost newbie question

[Lev Serebryakov]

Hello Robert,

Saturday, October 28, 2006, 1:48:52 PM, you wrote:

RW> Does the JVM actually expose thousands of threads to the OS, or does it 
RW> actually do its own M:N threading internally based on its execution 
RW> model? 
RW> My impression is the latter, exposing threads to the OS only when it 
RW> needs them to consume kernel or CPU resources.
  Wrong. Java used to be N:M ("green threads") a long time ago, and all actual versions (1.4, 1.5, future 1.6) uses 1:1 model.

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 Lev                            mailto:lev at FreeBSD.org