Clemens Eisserer wrote: >> 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. Good to hear that :-) -Archie __________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * CTO, Awarix * http://www.awarix.com