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  1. December 9th, 2004, 12:55 PM #1
    Martin O
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    Why is CRT divided into Single & Multi-thread versions?

    Why didn't they just make them all multi-thread? The only guess I have is that theres more overhead with the multi-thread version that you can avoid if you know you won't use threads.
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    Re: Why is CRT divided into Single & Multi-thread versions?

    Quote Originally Posted by Martin O
    Why didn't they just make them all multi-thread? The only guess I have is that theres more overhead with the multi-thread version that you can avoid if you know you won't use threads.
    Bingo! It's the overhead. Which is not small. On a broader level, it's part of the C and C++ phylosophy not to be forced to use things that you don't need.
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  3. December 9th, 2004, 01:19 PM #3
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    Re: Why is CRT divided into Single & Multi-thread versions?

    Thanks
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