Revisiting Multithreading

Chances are that if you're reading this book, you have already done some multithreaded programming in C++, or, possibly, other languages. This chapter is meant to recap the topic purely from a C++ point of view, going through a basic multithreaded application, while also covering the tools we'll be using throughout the book. At the end of this chapter, you will have all the knowledge and information needed to proceed with the further chapters.

Topics covered in this chapter include the following:

• Basic multithreading in C++ using the native API
• Writing basic makefiles and usage of GCC/MinGW
• Compiling a program using make and executing it on the command-line