[boost] Boost.Threads bibliography update

From: Beman Dawes (bdawes_at_[hidden])
Date: 2003-07-19 09:24:59

I've added the entry below to the Boost.Threads bibliography page in CVS. I 
also added the Wirth quote to the FAQ: "semaphores ... are not suitable for 
higher level languages."

IMO, this book is a "must own" for those who care about multithreading or 
other concurrent programming design issues. Thanks to Alexander Terekhov 
for his posting alerting us to the book's availability.

I paid $US 69.95 for the book at Amazon and then later found it 
available  for $US 52.50 "in the Americas" from the Springer-Verlag URL 
given below.

--Beman

Per Brinch Hansen, Ed., The Origin of Concurrent Programming, from 
Semaphores to Remote Procedure Calls, Springer-Verlag, 2002. ISBN 
0-387-95401-5. http://www.springer-ny.com/detail.tpl?isbn=0387954015

Nineteen of the original seminal papers by Dijkstra, Brinch Hansen, and 
Hoare, plus a current (2001) Overview by Brinch Hansen. Although expensive, 
it is hard to imagine anyone who is interested in understanding the 
underpinnings of any form of concurrent programming who would not want to 
own this book. May not be of interest for those who just want to use 
Boost.Threads and don't care about the design issues hidden behind the 
curtain.