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Product:
Threads Primer
- A Guide to Multithreaded Programming
Company: SunSoft Press
(Mountain View, CA)
E-mail: sunsoftpress@Sun.com
URL: http://www.sun.com/smi/ssoftpress
Description:
By Bil Lewis and Daniel J. Berg
300 pages; ISBN 0-13-443698-9
Written for developers and technical managers, this book provides a solid,
basic understanding of threads -- what they are, how they work, and why they
are useful. It covers the design and implementation of multithreaded
programs as well as the business and technical benefits of writing threaded
applications.
The Threads Primer discusses four different threading libraries: the POSIX,
Solaris, OS/2, and Windows NT libraries. The Solaris and POSIX APIs are
discussed in greatest depth, including implementation details and examples.
Topics covered include:
- when to thread your programs
- basic concepts of threaded operating systems
- thread scheduling models
- thread synchronization
- comparision of the different APIs
- programming tools and tips
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Last updated: 1 January 1996
--Bil Lewis and Daniel J. Berg
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