Yes, I was at least partially mis-remembering what the
ns_thread docs
say. According to those you do need to call "ns_thread wait" on
non-detached threads. Whether a detached thread counts toward the
configured maxthread limit or not is unspecified in the docs. Should
be easy to test empirically, I never needed to though.
What do you mean ns_thread begindetached is "non-functional"? What
does it do? You should explain the problem fully, and then ask on the
AOLserver list if necessary.