Programming with UNIX Threads [Paperback]

Charles J. Northrup (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1996 | ISBN-10: 0471137510 | ISBN-13: 978-0471137511 | Edition: 1

Now that multithreaded programming has brought concurrent processing within the reach of a far greater number of businesses and academic institutions, experienced UNIX C programmers need a comprehensive reference to help them take full advantage of this exciting new development. Programming with UNIX Threads is the book to fill that need.

The most complete book available on the practical applications of UNIX Threads, this invaluable guide is packed with useful, concise examples that both clarify complex information and help you develop a glossary of practical functions that can be easily reused. Charles J. Northrup supplements his detailed, step-by-step presentation with numerous illustrations and code segments as he examines all important aspects of UNIX Threads programming, including:
* An overview of multiprocessing and multithreaded programming
* Practical programming problems associated with synchronization, including mutex locks, condition variables, Reader-Writer locks, and more
* Thread signal management in the extended process model
* Scheduling and priorities

The book concludes with the creation of ADAM (a dynamic atom manager), a multithreaded software utility in which all concepts previously discussed are unified to provide a higher level view of parallelism within applications.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

The most complete guide available on the practical applications of UNIX Threads--one of the most exciting breakthroughs in advanced computing. The first part covers multiprocessing and multithreading then progresses to more difficult programming problems. Details the application programming interface with numerous C language examples. Includes reference material essential to support the programming principles.

From the Back Cover

Now that multithreaded programming has brought concurrent processing within the reach of a far greater number of businesses and academic institutions, experienced UNIX C programmers need a comprehensive reference to help them take full advantage of this exciting new development. Programming with UNIX Threads is the book to fill that need.

The most complete book available on the practical applications of UNIX Threads, this invaluable guide is packed with useful, concise examples that both clarify complex information and help you develop a glossary of practical functions that can be easily reused. Charles J. Northrup supplements his detailed, step-by-step presentation with numerous illustrations and code segments as he examines all important aspects of UNIX Threads programming, including:
* An overview of multiprocessing and multithreaded programming
* Practical programming problems associated with synchronization, including mutex locks, condition variables, Reader-Writer locks, and more
* Thread signal management in the extended process model
* Scheduling and priorities

The book concludes with the creation of ADAM (a dynamic atom manager), a multithreaded software utility in which all concepts previously discussed are unified to provide a higher level view of parallelism within applications.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 399 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (January 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471137510
• ISBN-13: 978-0471137511
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,184,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Where's the source code?, September 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming with UNIX Threads (Paperback)

Despite the fact that this book covered the subject at a level I found to be appropriate, the lack of source code availability severely restricts the usefulness of this book. In this day and age, not providing the source code is inexcusable. There are other equally good sources of information on this subject, source code included.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars OK, but too low-level. Source for examples NOT available!, August 11, 1996

By A Customer

This review is from: Programming with UNIX Threads (Paperback)

Source code for the examples is NOT available via the
Internet, as the book states. Publisher/Author acknowledges
this.

This book is geared more toward systems/low-level
programming use of UNIX threads rather than application
level use of threads.

This book is written on an advanced level. It does provide
thorough explanations of the principles of threads
programming.

3.0 out of 5 stars Good book but no online source, October 1, 2002

By 

Arvind Sharma (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Programming with UNIX Threads (Paperback)

very good book on Thread programming for beginners as well as advance developers. But without the online software its doing a dis-service to the book !

The book gives the web site which has the software but that's incorrect.