Why is MySQL nearly twice as fast on Linux?

[Daniel Eischen]

On Sat, 22 May 2004, [iso-8859-1] Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:

> Daniel Eischen <eischen at vigrid.com> writes:
> > Yet another also, MySQL uses scope system threads by default
> > instead of scope process threads.  Scope process threads seem
> > to perform better.
>=20
> Excuse me for digressing, but do you threads guys have some kind of
> occupational nerve damage which prevents you from using correct
> grammar?  Why does everybody insist on talking about "scope system
> threads" and "scope process threads" instead of system-scope and
> process-scope threads?

Sorry, probably because that's how POSIX defines them
(PTHREAD_SCOPE_SYSTEM, PTHREAD_SCOPE_PROCESS).

--=20
Dan Eischen