TY - BOOK AU - Nichols, Bradford AU - Dick Buttlar AU - Jacqueline Proulx Farrell TI - Pthreads programming SN - 9781565921153 AV - QA76.76.T55 N52 1996 PY - 1996/// CY - Sebastopol, CA PB - O'Reilly & Assoc. KW - Threads (Computer programs) KW - POSIX (Computer software standard) KW - UNIX (Computer file) KW - Parallel programming (Computer science) KW - Compilers (Computer programs) KW - Parallel processing (Electronic computers) N1 - "A nutshell handbook" "A POSIX standard for better multiprocessing"--Cover ; Includes index; Why threads? -- Designing threaded programs -- Synchronizing Pthreads -- Managing Pthreads -- Pthreads and UNIX -- Practical considerations -- App. A.: Pthreads and DCE -- App. B.: Pthreads draft 4 vs. the final standard -- App. C.: Pthreads quick reference ER -