Hello users. I observed the boost threads behave strangely, depending on the way I call the function to be executed in parallel. In the following example (example #1), the threads launched are executed in parallel: **************************************************************************************** 1) class Test { int insert(){}; } object; boost::thread* threads = new boost::thread[N]; for(unsigned int i = 0; i < N; i++) { threads[i] = boost::thread(&Test::insert, &object); } **************************************************************************************** However, in the following example (example #2), the threads are executed sequentially. Only the line in the for-loop body differs from example#1. **************************************************************************************** 2) class Test { int insert(){}; } object; boost::thread* threads = new boost::thread[N]; int ret; for(unsigned int i = 0; i < N; i++) { threads[i] = boost::thread(boost::lambda::var(ret) = object.insert()); } **************************************************************************************** Can anybody explain why the threads in example#2 are executed sequentially (i.e., one at a time)? Best Regards, Panagiotis Foteinos