> According to the IBM people I spoke to, this is not a bug (it must be a
 > feature). If I want a multi-threaded cout I should write it myself (yeah,
 > like I have nothing better to do than rewrite C++ libraries) or use printf
 > (Much easier solution).

Rick,

You don't have to rewite anything, but you'd know that if you had any
familiarity with C++ programming. :-)  The ability to extend the capability
of existing classes is what makes C++ so useful, and it isn't all that
difficult to write a thread-safe ostream class or (preferred) filebuf.

I'd normally post code at this point, but I don't have any to give you.
I've never been in a situation of wanting to have separate threads use the
same stream. I have, however, other classes which are thread-safe, such as
timer classes (and two subclasses, asyncTimer and intervalTimer).

david

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