Sohail Somani wrote:
Aside: Why do you want to bring pthreads into the mix?
Couple of reasons. 1. Some C++ committee members would like to see a C/C++ API instead of pure C++. This is important for mixed C/C++ code, but there's also the fact that the C committee is also looking at threading and will likely evaluate whatever is adopted by the C++ standard for eventual inclusion into C. 2. We need some platform abstraction layer. The usual approach has been to target Windows and Pthreads. I believe that writing a Pthread implementation for Windows once is a better option; this allows the higher level C++ API to only target a single abstract platform (arguably designed by the best in the field) and is (in my opinion) more maintainable in the long run.