Major API Differences
Oracle Solaris
threads and pthreads are very similar in both API action and syntax. The major
differences are listed in Table 6–1
.
Table 6-1 Unique
Oracle Solaris Threads
and pthreads Features
| |
|---|
thr_ prefix for threads function names, sema_ prefix
for semaphore function names
| pthread_ prefix for pthreads function names, sem_ prefix for semaphore function names
|
Ability to create “daemon” threads
| Cancellation semantics
|
Suspending and continuing a thread
| Scheduling policies
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