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From: Rui Maciel <rui.maciel@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: A book for learning threads?
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 12:52:54 +0000
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Robert Miles wrote:

> I'm updating a program using threads so that it can use checkpoints
> instead of often running for a month or more without the ability to
> restart anywhere except at the beginning.
> 
> It will later be recompiled for multiple platforms, but for now I am
> only using
> the Cygwin version of gcc under 64-bit Windows.  Without checkpoints, it
> will
> already compile for all the intended platforms, using other versions of
> gcc.
> 
> It uses the Posix threads method of getting threads (pthreads). However,
> I've
> never used threads before.  Also, I've never used Linux, and have done
> little
> under Unix.
> 
> I've already found that my K&R 2 book does not mention pthreads in the
> index.

Yes.  As far as I know, the last edition of K&R dates back to 1988, and the 
POSIX threads standard was only published in 1995.


> What book would you recommend for learning enough about threads and
> pthreads that I can do a reasonable job with this update? 

I doubt it is the best book written on the subject, but I found O'Reilly's 
pthreads programming book a good read to get up to speed on pthreads.


Hope this helps,
Rui Maciel