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Netscape Portable Runtime (NSPR): Provides a platform-neutral API for system level and libc like functions.

Projects Page
NSPR Reference
NSPR Contributor's Guide
NSPR Project Plan
Build Systems & Supported Platforms
Abrupt Exit - Why there is no thread kill and how to work around it
Automatic Variables & Threads - How to pass automatic variables correctly
What about Fork() - Differences in fork implementation across platforms
Non-Blocking IO - The Nonblocking Model
NT handling of IO Timeouts - How to workaround problems with IO Timeouts on NT
Optimizing your application for NSPR
Porting NSPR to non-Unix Platforms
NSPR Poll Method - How the poll method works
Overview Tutorial [PowerPoint]
Programming Threads [PowerPoint]

Newsgroups

netscape.public.mozilla.nspr: News Server, Google