Replied: Wed, 04 Sep 1996 15:54:27 EDT Replied: ""Bryan O'Sullivan" " From auto-replier-daemon@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU Wed Aug 14 00:28:19 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (PACIFIC-CARRIER-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.69.0.28]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id AAA18281; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 00:28:17 -0400 Received: from BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA08126; Wed, 14 Aug 96 00:27:08 EDT Received: (from daemon@localhost) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) id AAA18206; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 00:26:51 -0400 Received: from organon.serpentine.com (organon.serpentine.com [205.149.182.215]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with ESMTP id AAA18147 for ; Wed, 14 Aug 1996 00:26:06 -0400 Received: (from bos@localhost) by organon.serpentine.com (8.7.5/8.7) id VAA06819; Tue, 13 Aug 1996 21:26:02 -0700 (PDT) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 21:26:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Bryan O'Sullivan" Message-Id: <199608140426.VAA06819@organon.serpentine.com> Old-To: news-answers-submit@BLOOM-PICAYUNE.MIT.EDU X-Pgp-Key-Fingerprint: E3 85 A2 AF DA 32 68 E5 D6 66 B9 82 00 A3 FB F6 X-Pgp-Key-Location: http://www.serpentine.com/~bos/pgp-public-key.txt Subject: [checked] To: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Newsgroups: comp.programming.threads,news.answers,comp.answers From: bos@serpentine.com (Bryan O'Sullivan) Subject: comp.programming.threads FAQ [last mod 96/8/13] Followup-To: poster Summary: frequent topics of discussion on the threads programming newsgroup Organization: Polymorphous Thaumaturgy Approved: threads-faq@serpentine.com, news-answers-request@mit.edu Reply-To: threads-faq@serpentine.com URL: http://www.serpentine.com/~bos/threads-faq/ Posting-Frequency: monthly Archive-name: threads-faq/part1 Last-modified: Tue Aug 13 21:24:58 1996 0. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Answers to frequently asked questions for comp.programming.threads: Part 1 of 1 2. Introduction 2.1. Reader contributions and comments 2.2. How to read this FAQ 2.3. Acknowledgments and caveats 3. What are threads? 3.1. Why are threads interesting? 3.2. A little history 4. What are the main families of threads? 4.1. POSIX-style threads 4.2. Microsoft-style threads 4.3. Others 5. Some terminology 5.1. (DCE, POSIX, UI) Async safety 5.2. Asynchronous and blocking system calls 5.3. Context switch 5.4. Critical section 5.5. Lightweight process 5.6. MT safety 5.7. Protection boundary 5.8. Scheduling 6. What are the different kinds of threads? 6.1. Architectural differences 6.2. Performance differences 6.3. Potential problems with functionality 7. Where can I find books on threads? [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]