Re: [Threads-devel] Status

From: Anthony Williams (anthony_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-03-11 06:38:25

Quoting Stefan Küppers <kueppers_web_at_[hidden]>:

> why Boost-Threads try to  reinvent the wheel ?
>
> There are already a lot of very good object-oriented C++-Thread-Libs:
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/zthread/
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jthread/

There are other thread libraries available, it is true, but I've not  
heard of either of those before. Boost.thread is not exactly new  
either --- it's been around since 2001, so it's not reinventing the  
wheel.

If you don't want to use boost threads, no-one will force you.  
However, the interface is very close (and getting closer) to what will  
be part of the standard library with C++0x (see  
http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg21/docs/papers/2008/n2497.html for  
the latest thread paper).

The thread libraries you listed have different interfaces. If you  
prefer them, use them. If you think there is a particular feature they  
support which boost.thread is lacking, post here, and preferably post  
some code we can include.

Anthony
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