Hi Sorry if this is an OT post, but I am new to pthreads, and I am running into problems with thread specific data. I am working through the book "Multithreaded Programming with Pthreads", but I do not really understand the use of TSD. Where would one want to use TSD? I understand the principal of TSD and how to use it, just not why one would want to use it :-) Thank you! Pieter Kruger ----------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail is subjected to the disclaimer that can be viewed at: * http://www.tfs.ac.za/www/disclaimer/email_disclaimer -----------------------------------------------------------------