[Bordeaux-threads-devel] No Thread Support on Darwin SBCL

[Brian O'Reilly]

On August 16, 2009 09:03:54 am Curtis Schlak wrote:
> >> I'm running Mac OS X 10.5, SBCL 1.0.30, and Bordeaux-Threads 0.6.0. Does
> >>
> >> anyone know why I don't have thread support though it appears to have a
> >> "green" status on the project page?
> >
> >Welcome back to Common-Lisp. I am speculating, but sbcl needs to be
> >built with threads enabled in order for threads to work. I am not sure
> >if sbcl threads are supported for OS-X? Are threads-support a
> >requirement for the green color?
> >You can always try openmcl, or sbcl in a virtualbox/vmware/parallels
> >linux (my personal choice). Or maybe do without threads while
> >developing.
> >
> >/Henrik
>
> Many thanks, Henrik. What a wonderful idea, one of which I should have
> thought! That's where I'm going, today.

If you're on a PowerPC Macintosh, then sbcl likely will not compile with 
threads enabled. When I'm working on darwin/ppc, I use Clozure with excellent 
results.

Kind Regards,

Brian