Subj : Re: implementing thread library
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Gianni Mariani
Date : Wed Feb 09 2005 09:13 am

varun wrote:
> Hi..evryone..i am a student..and want to implement a thread library for
> suporting multithreading..say..on linux..a smaller prototype..smwhat
> like pthreads..i want to know..how to proceed to this problem..and what
> are the requirements for it..

Just a thought, use TDD ...

Demonstrate how you would use your thread library and tell us how it's 
better (in your opinion).

I built a thread library in Austria C++ and I purposely used simple 
synchronization primitives.  No "Event" or "Semaphore".  No "Wait on 
multiple objects".  The released version (0.8) is incomplete.  What it 
will have is thread pools and queueable "activities".  I think this is a 
paradigm that allows true thread safe "asynchronous" interfaces.  So, in 
theory I can build classes are are both thread-safe and contained.

.... just a thought.

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