FirstThread

Tue Oct 26 16:59:00 GMT 1999

>>>>> "Jeff" == Jeff Sturm <jsturm@sigma6.com> writes:

Jeff> External threads must create a java.lang.Thread object when they
Jeff> attach to the runtime, and register themselves with the GC so
Jeff> their stacks will be scanned for pointers. I don't think it
Jeff> would be hard to do this in libgcj... anybody else see a
Jeff> problem?
Nope, provided it is still easy to port to new thread systems.
This is a change I've wanted to make but I haven't found the time.
Tom