Chapter 18. Threads

A thread is an independent flow of execution.

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Section	Title
1	Threads
2	Mutexes
3	Atomics
4	Condition Variables
5	Async Status in Zig 0.16
6	Thread Pools
7	Semaphores
8	Designing Concurrent Programs
9	A Parallel File Scanner

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Threads

A thread is an independent flow of execution.

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Mutexes

A mutex is a lock for shared data.

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Atomics

A mutex makes one thread wait while another thread uses shared data.

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Condition Variables

A mutex protects shared data.

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Async Status in Zig 0.16

Zig once had async functions as a language feature.

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Thread Pools

Creating a thread is expensive.

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Semaphores

A semaphore is a counter used for synchronization.

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Designing Concurrent Programs

Threads are a mechanism, not a design.

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A Parallel File Scanner

This section combines the ideas from the previous sections into one program structure.