threads – keeping simple

Unforgivable C programming 1

September 11, 2022 vy c programming

Here’s a program that exhibits the low level nature of C by changing the return address of a function. The function “one” always returns the

Threads in C

March 26, 2022 vy C standard

There is a nice example thread semantics in a paper by David Goldblatt (P1916R0) which illustrates a couple of things about multi-core processing – including

Program structure and threads

March 5, 2009 yodaiken operating systems

Threads were initially used for telephony systems where each request to connect could be given to a new thread to manage. The simplification was, in

Are threads evil? (updated)

February 25, 2009 yodaiken systems, theory

This paper by Prof. Edward Lee explains something of why “threads” are such a painful abstraction. As Prof. Lee notes, threads intrinsically create unspecified program