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Re: Postgresql and multithreading

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
To: Anuradha Ratnaweera <anuradha@lklug.pdn.ac.lk>
Cc: pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org, anuradha@gnu.org
Date: 2002-10-16T04:59:57Z
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Anuradha Ratnaweera wrote:
> 
> Is there any plans to make postgresql multithreading?
> 
> Thanks in advance (and also for all who commented to my question
> regarding replication.)
> 
> 	Anuradha
> 
> NB: please don't open fire to declare war on whether multithreading is
> needed for PGSql or not.  I am just expecting a black and white answer
> from the `authorities' ;)

We don't think it is needed, except perhaps for Win32 and Solaris, which
have slow process creation times.

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