Received: from SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU by po7.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA19200; Thu, 11 Jan 96 22:46:37 EST Received: from liquor.cabi.net by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA09641; Thu, 11 Jan 96 22:46:35 EST Received: (from listadm@localhost) by liquor.cabi.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id WAA12879; Thu, 11 Jan 1996 22:36:42 -0500 Resent-Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 22:36:42 -0500 Date: Thu, 11 Jan 1996 23:43:27 +0100 (MET) From: Davide Rossi X-Sender: rossi@despina To: java-linux@java.blackdown.org Subject: Threads and time quantum Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Resent-Message-Id: <"lyju_3.0.o53.AtSzm"@liquor> Resent-From: java-linux@java.blackdown.org X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/929 X-Loop: java-linux@java.blackdown.org Precedence: list Resent-Sender: java-linux-request@java.blackdown.org Hello, meybe someone who knows more that I do about the thread library used to port java (Randy ?) could reply this question: if I have, say, 3 processes on my host that share fairly the cpu time. If a process runs 3 thread, each process/thread has the same time quantum or threads get 1/3 respect other processes? And what about other operating systems (win95, solaris, ...)? Just curious. Ciao, Davide.