handle_threadlist_exception called with threadlist_ix -1

Dave Korn dave.korn@artimi.com
Fri Dec 16 15:46:00 GMT 2005


Pavel Tsekov wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Dec 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> 
>> [n.b. Thread TITTTL'd]
>> 
>> Pavel Tsekov wrote:
>>> Dave Korn wrote:
>>>> ubik wrote:
>> 
>> [n.b. faked attribution lines just to clarify the point]
>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> i'm using cygwin release version is 1.5.18-1 and my program compiles
>>>>> and work perfectly on linux. It compiles also on cygwin but after
>>>>> 15-20 sec it segfault. I think that the problem is in pthread
>>>>> implementation on cygwin.
>>>> 
>>>>   The cygwin pthread implementation is guaranteed safe when used as
>>>> directed!
>>> 
>>> http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2005-10/msg00101.html
>>> 
>>> I could not resist.
>> 
>> 
>>   It's a reference to the OP's email handle!
>> 
>> http://www.philipkdickfans.com/ubikcorp.htm
> 
> So you are implying that the OP is the guy behind
> http://www.philipkdickfans.com/ ? I can hardly understand the relation
> between your original post and the OP's email handle.

1)  The OP's email handle is "ubik".

2)  "Ubik" is a book by Phillip K. Dick.

3)  The catchphrase "Guaranteed safe when used as directed" is repeated again
and again throughout the book, in reference to the many consumer-product-based
avatars of Ubik.


  (As a matter of fact, it's in every chapter.  You could even say it was
ubiquitous...)

    cheers,
      DaveK
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