PThreads Programming: A POSIX Standard for Better Multiprocessing

This book explains threading very well, but doesn't make threading any less complicated. No book will I think!. Prepare for some tougher reading than normal. It has a 1996 copy write, but the info seems very relevant. I'm glad I got it.

I got this because I work enough with Pthreads that I figured it might behoove me to become somewhat competent with the range of features in the implementation. I was expecting a quick and dirty extraction of the major points (O'Reilly books are good for that), but I was surprised with the more thoughtful examination of when to use what features, which provided a good explanation of why one would use certain features, rather than simply how. I think it would have been more helpful had I been introduced when I started working with multithreading in POSIX, but it definitely provided some good things to mull over. It's not the authoritative source like Butenhof (I've only skimmed over that), but it's good for a working knowledge, which is often all you want, need, or have time for.A solid background in C and UNIX/LINUX programming is necessary to get a lot out of this book. I would recommend it to someone learning concurrent or real-time systems, although more experienced programmers have a solid reference.

I bought this book a couple of years ago to do a project in Pthreads on Solaris.It was indispensable and I highly recommend it. I was able to make use of someof the example code to reshape into my own code framework.

There are some macros that I cannot use on my compiler so I had to look it up

This book is an awesome book for learning pthread programming. All the concepts are explainedvery nicely and it also explains the tadeoffs between processes/user level thread/kernel level thread.

This is a nice book, very clear and covers lots of important points. But it there is much more to learn about te architecture of threaded programs (books on concurrent or parallel programming may help), and there also are synchronization primitives not covered in the book (barriers and semaphores).Anyway, it's a nice first threads book for someone who already knows C.

I converted my client/server program from multiprocesses to multithreaded in only 2 days due to the very straightforward book! VERY HAPPY!!

Includes everything you would want to know about programming the Pthreads model and the tools it provides. Good running examples and library references throughout the book.

So far I covered the book 70 percentage. Its outstanding and unmatchable explanation with perfect exapmles with questions n ans. It's a pthread Bible I can say...THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE BOOK WITH PERFECT AND ENOUGH EXAMPLES.One of the best book with rich content and with right examples!!!Great explanation.Outstanding delivery of knowledge.Non of the book explains Mutithreading ,Mutiprocessing , Synchronization so clearly with Pthread examples like this book. It's unmatched and dishonor to compare with other books which explains Pthread.Hats up to author. Big Congratulations.I am truly happy. Big Thank you to author.

This books provides a comprehensive description of the pthreads library. It certainly is the definitive reference that I use when I need to design/modify multi-threaded applications using the pthread library. Note that it is not an introductory course on multi-threading but simply a detailed description and user manual of the pthread library/api.

The content is great, really fundamental if you wish to acquire knowledge in the POSIX threads.The quality of the book is a bit low... The letters are a bit blurry and the cover is weak.

Livre très recherché en voie d'être épuiséIndispensable pour qui veut faire du multithreading en CLes notions théoriques abordées peuvent être appliquées à d'autres langages (Python)

It is good