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BrowserUk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

On windows, I have a whole range of these mechanisms available, each of which lends itself to certain uses better than others.

The only mechanism I'm aware of for use with pthreads on *nix are condition variables. There must be others: What are they are? Where can I read about them?


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