From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <86ipx4s36p.fsf@cmarib.ramside> <86ei7ry76s.fsf@cmarib.ramside> <86zkqf46vz.fsf@cmarib.ramside> <86mxmfuiep.fsf_-_@cmarib.ramside> Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 10:46:12 -0800 Message-ID: From: David Leimbach To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Subject: Re: [9fans] Modern development language for Plan 9, WAS: Re: RESOLVED: recoving important header file rudely Topicbox-Message-UUID: a88f9d6e-ead6-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On Wednesday, February 2, 2011, erik quanstrom wrot= e: >> Also, from this point of view, could pthreads be considered runtime for = C? > > no. =A0then every library/os function ever bolted onto > c would be "part of the c runtime". =A0clearly this isn't > the case and pthreads are not specified in the c standard. > > it might be part of /a/ runtime, but not the c runtime. > > - erik > > You are right. I suppose in C only the stack space is really needed for function calls and that may be pushing it too.