1 NOTE: This documentation describes the style of threading that was
2 available in Perl 5.005. Perl 5.6.0 introduced the early beginnings of
3 interpreter-based threads support, also known as ithreads, and in Perl
4 5.8.0 the interpeter threads became available from perl level through
5 the threads and threads::shared modules (in Perl 5.6 ithreads are
6 available only internally and to XS extension builders, and used
7 by the Win32 port for emulating fork()). As of Perl 5.8.0, ithreads has
8 become the standard threading model for Perl.
10 As of 5.9.0, the older threading model is not supported anymore.
13 mbeattie@sable.ox.ac.uk
14 Last updated: 27 November 1997
16 Configure-related info updated 16 July 1998 by
17 Andy Dougherty <doughera@lafayette.edu>
19 Other minor updates 10 Feb 1999 by
22 More platforms added 26 Jul 1999 by
25 Removed 5005threads support 03 Oct 2002 by