Java Threads vs Pthreads

Question

I was asked this question in an interview today.

\"When we create a thread with pthread_create() (POSIX Threads), the thread starts on its own. Why do we n

Answer 1

The reasons are a lot. But I'll give you a few:

• The thread, itself, might start executing before returning the instance.
• The context classloader MUST be set properly before running the thread (look at the previous point)
• Extra configuration like priority should be set before starting the thread
• pthreads uses a pointer to the initialized structure(s), since the java.lang.Thread cannot be properly initialized in the end of the c-tor, see points above; straight call to the native pthread_create to actually execute the code makes no sense

I hope you get the idea.