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Multi-Threaded Programming in C++

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  • © 2000

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Authors:
  1. Mark Walmsley
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  • Computers with two or more CPUs are becoming more and more widely used and there is an increasing need for books that address parallel computing

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 1-8

  3. Threads

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 9-24

  4. Mutexes

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 25-46

  5. Events

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 47-67

  6. Semaphores

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 69-99

  7. Objects

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 101-117

  8. Keys

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 119-133

  9. Multiple Mutexes

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 135-159

  10. Multiple Events

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 161-184

  11. Distributed Computing

    • Mark Walmsley
    Pages 185-213

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 215-223
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This is a book about multi-threaded programming - it could well be subtitled 'How to write computer programs tllat do lots of different tlrings all at once'. A multi-threaded application contains many separate tlrreads of execution all running concurrently and each assigned to its own particular task - the individual tasks are typically simple but the combination can be very powerful. Multi-threading therefore engenders a 'divide-and-conquer' strategy which allows complex monoliths to be broken up into more manageable chunks. Indeed multi-threading is perhaps the most exciting addition to the software engineer's toolkit since tlle advent of object-oriented programming, another topic about which tlris book has a lot to say. Multi-threading and object orientation are wonderful companions - e++ allows tlle basic building blocks for multi-threaded programming to be neatly packaged as objects whilst multi-threading techniques can be applied to transform objects from passive repositories of functionality into active entities that perform their own internal processing independently of external code. A general background in computing is assumed as well as familiarity with the C language and a basic knowledge of C++ would also be helpful - the more useful facets of the C++ language are introduced on a 'need-to-know' basis but for a fuller exposition than is possible here the reader is advised to rush out and buy the book 'Programming in C++' (ISBN 0859344355).

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