Threads Primer

While the specifics of how multiprocess, multithreaded programs execute differ greatly from one hardware platform to another, from one operating system to another, and from one compiler to another, all share some general characteristics. This chapter defines a general model for conceptualizing the way processes and threads execute.

This chapter presents the concepts of threads, processes, and groups.

Using Groups, Processes, and Threads is a more exacting and comprehensive look at these topics.

This chapter contains the following sections:

• A Couple of Processes
• Threads
• Complicated Programming Models
• Types of Threads
• Organizing Chaos
• Creating Groups
• Simplifying What You're Debugging