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27.Dd October 19, 2007
28.Dt LIBTHR 3
29.Os
30.Sh NAME
31.Nm libthr
32.Nd "1:1 POSIX threads library"
33.Sh LIBRARY
34.Lb libthr
35.Sh SYNOPSIS
36.In pthread.h
37.Sh DESCRIPTION
38The
39.Nm
40library provides a 1:1 implementation of the
41.Xr pthread 3
42library interfaces for application threading.
43It
44has been optimized for use by applications expecting system scope thread
45semantics, and can provide significant performance improvements
46compared to
47.Lb libkse .
48.Sh SEE ALSO
49.Xr pthread 3
50.Sh AUTHORS
51.An -nosplit
52The
53.Nm
54library
55was originally created by
56.An "Jeff Roberson" Aq jeff@FreeBSD.org ,
57and enhanced by
58.An "Jonathan Mini" Aq mini@FreeBSD.org
59and
60.An "Mike Makonnen" Aq mtm@FreeBSD.org .
61It has been substantially rewritten and optimized by
62.An "David Xu" Aq davidxu@FreeBSD.org .
63