RE: [Gomp-discuss] Decision about semaphores ..

[Scott Robert Ladd]

Biagio Lucini wrote:
> My vote is for posix, for the reason you explain.
>
> In a well-structured parallel program there must be as few as possible
> fork/join. In an hyperideal case, you should just fork close to the
> beginning and join right before the end. So I'm not concerned about this
> overhead: part of it is down to the programer, the rest should be
> negligible anyway.

I agree with Biago. A parallel program that contains too many fork/joins is
unlikely to perform effectively. In this case, I think portability (posix)
is most important.

..Scott