Re: [Fwd: C Language Thread API]

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How do you do:

thread A: while(1){wait for event; process data; sem_post;}
thread B1 ... BN: while(1) { sem_get; collect data; ... }

?

Gotta implement semaphores with conditions?


Nick Stoughton wrote:
> The ISO C Committee is intending to add a standardized thread API to its
> next revision. The Austin Group had at one point suggested to them that
> if they did so, pthreads would be the obvious one. However, the current
> proposal is based on the Dinkumware thread library, which is a very thin
> layer over pthreads.
>
> I have an action item to ask the Austin Group for feedback (review and
> comment) on this proposal, which can be found at
> http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n1287.htm
>
> If anyone has any difficulty in accessing this paper, please email me
> and I send it it you independently.
>
> The next C meeting is September 8-12 in Santa Clara.