simple example of Posix threads in C11, which doesn't have impl in gcc/clang. Remember to use -pthread as argument.
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| #include <pthread.h> | |
| #include <stdio.h> | |
| int *dowork(void *arg) | |
| { | |
| pthread_t mythreadid = pthread_self(); | |
| for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) { | |
| printf("Thread id: %lu, counter: %d, code: %s\n", mythreadid, i, (char *)arg); | |
| } | |
| return 0; | |
| } | |
| int main(void) { | |
| pthread_t mythread; | |
| // create a thread which executes a function | |
| // former thrd_success | |
| if (0 != pthread_create(&mythread, NULL, dowork, "Hello from a thread!")) { | |
| printf("Could not create a thread.\n"); | |
| return 1; | |
| } | |
| // join a thread to the main thread | |
| pthread_join(mythread, NULL); | |
| } |
