> For example, on Linux where each POSIX thread is a cloned process, it's > Linux's fault (not the JVM's fault) if that doesn't scale well. For example, > other OS's don't have such heavyweight threads. FreeBSD's KSE's are an > example of a better tradeoff using M:N user:kernel threading. It seems you are some years behind actual development. The threading model you describe was used till linux-2.4, since 2.6 NPTL is used instead which outperforms almost everything else. lg Clemens
