What are the threading options in C++

[Lionel van den Berg]

Hi all,

I'm just wondering what's the best option for threading in C++? I've
used pthreads and forking in C (the latter is not appropriate for my
situation now). All I want to do is run a function in a new thread, it's
a simple task, no interaction with other threads etc. so I don't have to
worry about deadlock, starvation and so on.

Thanks,

Lionel.

[Derek]

Boost.Threads is a good threading library for C++:

http://www.boost.org/doc/html/threads.html

Lionel van den Berg wrote:

Hi all,

I'm just wondering what's the best option for threading in C++? I've
used pthreads and forking in C (the latter is not appropriate for my
situation now). All I want to do is run a function in a new thread, it's
a simple task, no interaction with other threads etc. so I don't have to
worry about deadlock, starvation and so on.

Thanks,

Lionel.

[Andre Kostur]

Lionel van den Berg <ch***********@hotmail.com> wrote in news:d086lp$ebb$1
@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:

Hi all,

I'm just wondering what's the best option for threading in C++? I've
used pthreads and forking in C (the latter is not appropriate for my
situation now). All I want to do is run a function in a new thread, it's
a simple task, no interaction with other threads etc. so I don't have to
worry about deadlock, starvation and so on.

Threading is off-topic in comp.lang.c++. The Standard makes no mention of
threading. You're in OS-specific land and should ask in an OS-specific
newsgroup. Having said that, you may wish to go look in Boost. As I
recall, they have a threading class... (http://www.boost.org)

[Lionel van den Berg]

Andre Kostur wrote:

Lionel van den Berg <ch***********@hotmail.com> wrote in news:d086lp$ebb$1
@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:

Hi all,

I'm just wondering what's the best option for threading in C++? I've
used pthreads and forking in C (the latter is not appropriate for my
situation now). All I want to do is run a function in a new thread, it's
a simple task, no interaction with other threads etc. so I don't have to
worry about deadlock, starvation and so on.

Threading is off-topic in comp.lang.c++. The Standard makes no mention of
threading.

My apologies.
You're in OS-specific land and should ask in an OS-specific
newsgroup. Having said that, you may wish to go look in Boost. As I
recall, they have a threading class... (http://www.boost.org)

Thanks.

Lionel.

[Matthias Kaeppler]

Andre Kostur wrote:

Lionel van den Berg <ch***********@hotmail.com> wrote in news:d086lp$ebb$1
@bunyip2.cc.uq.edu.au:

Hi all,

I'm just wondering what's the best option for threading in C++? I've
used pthreads and forking in C (the latter is not appropriate for my
situation now). All I want to do is run a function in a new thread, it's
a simple task, no interaction with other threads etc. so I don't have to
worry about deadlock, starvation and so on.

Threading is off-topic in comp.lang.c++. The Standard makes no mention of
threading. You're in OS-specific land and should ask in an OS-specific
newsgroup. Having said that, you may wish to go look in Boost. As I
recall, they have a threading class... (http://www.boost.org)

Actually it's not /that/ off-topic, since IIRC threading and concurrency
is planned to be supported by C++0x.

--
Matthias Kaeppler