pthreads.md

PTHREADS
POSIX Threads for Multiprocessing {#pthreads-posix-threads-for-multiprocessing align="center"}

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PTHREADS is a directory of C++ programs which illustrate the use of the POSIX thread libraries for parallel programming.

Licensing: {#licensing align="center"}

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages: {#languages align="center"}

PTHREADS is available in a C version and a C++ version.

Related Data and Programs: {#related-data-and-programs align="center"}

MPI, C programs which illustrate the use of the MPI parallel programming interface for distributed memory systems.

OPENMP, C programs which illustrate the use of the OpenMP application program interface for carrying out parallel computatioins in a shared memory environment.

Reference: {#reference align="center"}

1. David Butenhof,
   Programming with POSIX Threads,
   Addison Wesley, 1997,
   ISBN: 0201633922,
   LC: QA76.76.T55.B88.
2. Barbara Chapman, Gabriele Jost, Ruud vanderPas, David Kuck,
   Using OpenMP: Portable Shared Memory Parallel Processing,
   MIT Press, 2007,
   ISBN13: 978-0262533027,
   LC: QA76.642.C49.
3. Bradford Nichols, Dick Buttlar, Jacqueline Proulx Farrell,
   Pthreads Programming: A POSIX Standard for Better Multiprocessing,
   O'Reilly, 1996,
   ISBN: 1-56592-115-1.

Examples and Tests: {#examples-and-tests align="center"}

DOT_PRODUCT is an extensive example which shows how the dot product of two vectors could be computed.

• dot_product.cpp, the program.
• dot_product_output.txt, the output file.

You can go up one level to the C++ source codes.

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Last revised on 19 July 2008.