From the contents: Introduction --;Threads --;Mutexes --;Events --;Semaphores --;Objects --;Keys --;Multiple Mutexes --;Multiple Events --;Distributed Computing --;Postscript --;Index. The complete table of contents can be found on the Internet: http://www.springer.de.
This book will provide you with a practical introduction to multi-threaded programming in C++. Multi-threaded programming is fast becoming a vital weapon in the armoury of the software engineer battling against the complexity of modern computer applications and Mark Walmsley provides all the information you need to implement effective multi-threaded programs under both Windows and UNIX operating systems. Topics covered include: - process and thread environments - thread scheduling - mutex and event synchronization - applications for semaphores - passive and active objects - thread-specific storage - one-time initialization - deadlock avoidance strategies - random event monitoring - distributed computing.