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04-29-2008, 02:03 AM	#1
sr_sanjeev LQ Newbie Registered: Mar 2008 Posts: 6 Rep:	When to use threads and processes Hi all If thread uses the address space of the process, then why the process? Can anyone explain me when to use thread and when to use process? Thanking you all in advance. Regards Sanjeev

04-29-2008, 02:38 AM	#2
Wim Sturkenboom Senior Member Registered: Jan 2005 Location: Roodepoort, South Africa Distribution: Ubuntu 12.04, Antix19.3 Posts: 3,794 Rep:	Maybe http://www.cafeaulait.org/course/week11/02.html helps

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