Pthreads Programming: A Posix Standard for Better Multiprocessing Paperback - 1996 - 1st Edition
by Dick Buttlar; Jacqueline Farrell; Bradford Nichols
In this book, realistic examples show both the situations where threading is valuable and the ways to use threads to improve the modularity and efficiency of a program. The author takes the user behind the scenes to show them how threads work, where to expect problems, and what performance issues exist. Chapters on DCE, real-time, and multiprocessing are included.
From the rear cover
Computers are just as busy as the rest of us nowadays. They have lots of tasks to do at once and need some cleverness to get them all done at the same time. That's why threads are becoming a new model for programming. Microsoft Windows NT, the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE), and many UNIX-based operating systems support threads. One advantage of most UNIX and DCE implementations is that they conform to a recently ratified POSIX standard (originally 1003.4a, now 1003.1c), which allows your programs to be portable between them. The POSIX threads standard, commonly known as Pthreads, is supported by most UNIX-based operating systems. With threads programming, multiple tasks run concurrently within the same program. They can share a single CPU as processes do or take advantage of multiple CPUs when available. They provide a clean way to divide the tasks of a program while sharing data. In this book you will learn when to use threads and how to make them efficient. The book delves into performance issues, comparing threads to processes, contrasting kernel threads to user threads, and showing how to measure speed. It describes in a simple, clear manner what all the advanced features are for and how threads interact with the rest of the UNIX system.
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- Title Pthreads Programming: A Posix Standard for Better Multiprocessing
- Author Dick Buttlar; Jacqueline Farrell; Bradford Nichols
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 286
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher O'Reilly Media, U.S.A.
- Date 1996-10-08
- ISBN 9781565921153 / 1565921151
- Weight 0.85 lbs (0.39 kg)
- Dimensions 9.1 x 7 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 17.78 x 1.52 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 005.275
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