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From: ronkhu <ronkhu@ntsp.nec.co.jp>
Subject: (non-member) wait-notify mechanism in pthreads
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 16:37:44 +0800
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Im not a member of this list but I've got a question:
How does one go about implementing a wait-notify mechanism in pthreads 
in lieu of the
busy-waiting approach( which tends to be a cpu-hog)?