Threading in c

[dragonuv]

Hi,
I'm trying to create some threads in c and I got an example code.
It says I have to include the file thread.h, however the compiler says it cannot find the file.
How can I solve this?

Thanks.

[Lindley]

Which threading library are you using? C doesn't have a standard threading library, but pthreads is a commonly-used one. The only one I can find offhand which has a "thread.h" is Solaris threads, which is similar but less commonly supported.

C++ does define standard threads in the newest standard, but I don't think any compilers actually support that yet.

[dragonuv]

Is there a windows-based library that I can use?

[Lindley]

Yes, but in my opinion it offers few advantages over the cross-platform options.

[Igor Vartanov]

What kind of library is needed? Native calls like CreateThread and _beginthreadex let you deal with threads without dependency on any library. In Windows, of course.

[VictorN]

Is there a windows-based library that I can use?

_beginthread, _beginthreadex
_endthread, _endthreadex

[Lindley]

What kind of library is needed? Native calls like CreateThread and _beginthreadex let you deal with threads without dependency on any library. In Windows, of course.

Just to be pedantic, I'd say that the Windows Platform SDK qualifies as a library.

[Igor Vartanov]

To be pedantic the same way, I cannot fully agree with this. Development Kit is not equal to Library. In some aspects it's more than a library been rather a bunch of specific libraries. But in others it's less.