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Re: Threads question


On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk wrote:

> Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 12:40:29 GMT
> From: Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <rkarlsba@myrealbox.com>
> Reply-To: glibc-linux@ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu
> To: glibc-linux@ricardo.ecn.wfu.edu
> Subject: Threads question
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I recently got some info regarding the product Novell 
> Internet Messaging System. This is a high-volume mail server 
> that runs on NetWare, Solaris and Linux. In an attached 
> readme file, they recommended against running Linux on 
> high-end systems, as they said "The Linux C library has a 
> hard coded maximum of 400 threads".
> Is this true?

It's not true that there is a hard coded maximum of  400 threads

It's also true that no reasonable, experienced software developer would design
a mail server that requires 400 threads, even on a high end system. 

I say, seriously reconsider using this software.


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