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From: Frank Kim <Frank.Kim@NetCentric.com>
To: "'tiff@sgi.com'" <tiff@sgi.com>
Subject: Is Libtiff thread-safe?
Date: Fri, 29 May 1998 10:57:35 -0400
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Hi,

I'm using version 3.4 and after quickly scanning the code it seems to me
that Libtiff is not thread-safe.  Is this true?  Are the more recent version
thread-safe?

Frank Kim
17 Monsignor Obrien Highway, Cambridge, MA, 02141
frankkim@alum.mit.edu     http://cag-www.lcs.mit.edu/~frankkim


