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#endif /* JOIN */
#ifndef PERL_GET_CONTEXT
-/* True for Tru64 version 4.0 and up as well */
-# if defined(__ALPHA) && (__VMS_VER >= 70000000)
+# if (defined(__ALPHA) && (__VMS_VER >= 70000000)) || (defined(__alpha) && defined(__osf__))
+/* Use an unchecked fetch of thread-specific data instead of a checked one.
+ * It would fail if the key were bogus, but if the key were bogus then
+ * Really Bad Things would be happening anyway. --dan */
# define PERL_GET_CONTEXT pthread_unchecked_getspecific_np(PL_thr_key)
# else
# define PERL_GET_CONTEXT pthread_getspecific(PL_thr_key)