Re: Threading in new C++ standard
On 20 Apr., 19:17, Szabolcs Ferenczi <szabolcs.feren...@gmail.com>
wrote:
On Apr 20, 6:36 pm, James Kanze <james.ka...@gmail.com> wrote:
[snip]
So, you say "threading issues will be addressed in the language."
Good. Let us see. Now, please tell me, just to make some sense:
(1) How you can start a thread of computation in C++0x? Do you have a
language element for it, or do you have just some library stuff?
(2) How can you define mutual exclusion for the concurrent threads of
computations in C++0x? Do you have a language element for it, or do
you have just some library stuff?
(3) How can you make threads synchronised with each other? Do you have
a language element for it, or do you have just some library stuff?
Well... instead of persevering with your questions, I really believe
that you should try to read the B=F6hm paper. If not for your own sake,
then for ours ;-)
The answer to your questions above is obvious (it is in a library),
but this still does not change the fact that threading for a large
part is a language issue.
/Peter
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