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Does Java JVM use pthread?

Does JVM on Mac OS X use pthread to create threads?

What about on Linux distributions, is it now default way to create threads for JVM on all distributions?

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Answer

Yes, HotSpot JVM (i.e. Oracle JDK and OpenJDK) uses pthreads on Linux and on Mac OS X.

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