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0 pointsmalkia5y ago0 comments

The bigger issue is coordinating these threads ("workers") with threads from other processes, there is nothing on Windows and Linux to do so, then again I haven't had much experience with Grand Dispatch (OSX) to know if it's worth. Windows has new thread pool API, but even TBB or ConCRT do not use it. (though the new par-support in STL (msvc) does).

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johncolanduoni5y ago

Windows, Linux and macOS all have inter-process mutexes and condition-variable-ish constructions. Windows has named mutex, semaphores, and events that can be opened by multiple processes, and the pthread API supports mutex and condition variables in shared memory. Linux additionally supports its futex primitive in shared memory regions (which is how the pthread API is implemented on that OS).

malkiaOP5y ago

Thanks! Wasn't aware of this possible use, and havent' used much explicitly named pipes/mailslot except for direct communication. Wondering how would still work - I mean something ought to be the "task manager" in all that, coordinating.

Why else come up with this - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/th...?

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malkiaOP5y ago

Why else come up with this - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/th...?

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