Re: question about how threads work
Z.K. wrote:
I am new to threading and I have the following program, but I am unsure
about one thing. This program prints out 5 numbers from 0 to 4 or if I
take out the Sleep(1000) in IFK_ThreadedRead, it prints out 0 to 405.
What I don't really understand is why if I increase the Sleep(5000)
statement in the test_interfaceKit function just after the thread is
called, it will print out more numbers. I would have thought that the
function the thread calls would print out 0 to 999, end the thread and
then wait for 5 seconds. It acts like the thread is constantly being
called. I am a bit confused about this and I thought I would ask
someone who knows a bit more how threads work. Hopefully, you can clear
this up for me.
The new thread executes independently of the thread that creates it.
The thread that creates it executes independently of the new thread. In
other words, the call to CreateThread returns quite soon and the main
thread continues executing, no matter what the new thread is doing.
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Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]
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