Hi, sorry for my simple question... but i'm new with the C
programming.
Can I consider the main () as a thread?
Thanks

havanakoda wrote:

Quote:

Hi, sorry for my simple question... but i'm new with the C
programming.
Can I consider the main () as a thread?
Thanks

Yes, normally, when threads are supported by the OS, main() runs
in its own thread.


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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:33:05 -0700 (PDT), havanakoda
<andreavianello@gmail.comwrote in comp.lang.c:

Quote:

Hi, sorry for my simple question... but i'm new with the C
programming.
Can I consider the main () as a thread?
Thanks

main() is the function at which a C program begins execution, after
implementation-specific operations that are specific to the compiler
and environment.

It has nothing at all to do with threads. Threads are not defined or
supported by the C language. Anything to with threads is an extension
supported by a specific operating system and compiler combination.

For information about threads, you need to ask in a group that
supports your particular operating system/compiler combination, or
perhaps a group like news:comp.programming.threads.

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havanakoda wrote:

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Hi, sorry for my simple question... but i'm new with the C
programming.
Can I consider the main () as a thread?

Well, others already mentioned that C is ignorant of threads, so this
question can't be answered from the C standard point of view.

Other than that, main() is not a thread but a function. The function main()
is the entry point of the first thread of a process.

Uli

havanakoda wrote:

Quote:

Hi, sorry for my simple question... but i'm new with the C
programming.
Can I consider the main () as a thread?

In a hosted environment that supports threads, typically yes. But that's
purely platform specific.

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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:39:06 -0500, jacob navia wrote
(in article <frjifi$r7h$1@aioe.org>):

Quote:

havanakoda wrote:

Quote:

>Hi, sorry for my simple question... but i'm new with the C
>programming.
>Can I consider the main () as a thread?
>Thanks

>
Yes, normally, when threads are supported by the OS, main() runs
in its own thread.

This is certainly true with Posix threads, but I'm an not sure if it is
true of all thread models.

Either way, comp.programming.threads is probably a good place to ask
such questions, as standard C doesn't include any threading model.


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Randy Howard wrote:

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On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 11:39:06 -0500, jacob navia wrote
(in article <frjifi$r7h$1@aioe.org>):
>

Quote:

>havanakoda wrote:

Quote:

>>Hi, sorry for my simple question... but i'm new with the C
>>programming.
>>Can I consider the main () as a thread?
>>Thanks

>Yes, normally, when threads are supported by the OS, main() runs
>in its own thread.

>
This is certainly true with Posix threads, but I'm an not sure if it is
true of all thread models.
>

This is certainly true under windows too.




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