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pthread has several flags, all ends with "NP", just wish to know what "NP" stands for, an abbreviation?

Thanks a lot

Hind Forsum
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That means "non-portable", and tells you they're platform-specific extensions.

unwind
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It stands for "non-portable", which means they are platform specific.

source: https://web.archive.org/web/20090226221922/https://cs.pub.ro/~apc/2003/resources/pthreads/uguide/users-gu.htm

Idan
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