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Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 14:02:32 -0500
From: ISHWAR RATTAN <rattan@cps.cmich.edu>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Threadcreate() failure value?
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On Wed, 30 Nov 2005, Russ Cox wrote:
> thread(2):
>
>        Thread library functions do not return on failure;
>        if errors occur, the entire program is aborted.

Interesting. If threads are being created by a min thread on the
fly to handle some task, it means all threads (including main thread)
disappear?? What if there is a need for active threads to complete
the assigned tasks?

-ishwar