Multithreaded Programming with Windows NT

By Pankaj K. Garg and Thuan Q. Pham

Multithreaded programming can improve efficiency and performance in application programs by introducing concurrency and parallelism. This book informs application developers on the techniques for... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0131206435
• ISBN13: 9780131206434
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Great book for both beginners and software professionals

This book took me from knowing nothing about thread programming to writing professional mulithreaded programs very quickly. If you are tasked to write multithreaded programs under Windows NT (like I was) this book will give you a flying start.

You can hit the ground with your feet running...

I found this book to be the best primer for someone who has not done any multithreaded programming. The examples are concise and straight to the point. I read this book in two days . This book was very similar to an Operating Systems course that I had taken where I learned about concurrent programming; e.g., the "Reader-writers" and the "Dinning Philosphers" problems, deadlocks/starvation, race conditions, and how to synchronize events, etc.. In a world where getting information/samples to show "how to" do multithreaded programming, this book will give you a starting point to build on. "Highly recommended".

Excellent book on multithreading

A very well written book on multithreading. Though this book focuses on NT multthreading model, it will serve as a good reference for people working on UNIX as well. It is written in a very simple language which makes the reading very easy and interesting. Coming from UNIX background, I would have liked to have a more elaborate comparision of NT thread interface with UNIX (such as Solaris) one. But in no way this missing feature diminishes the value of this book. A must have!!

Great practical coverage of multi-threading

Any time you are faced with multi-threaded design issues you should have this book nearby. The main topics are exactly the types of threading issues professional programmers face. Computer science concepts such as monitors and deadlock are explained and useful examples are given. Although the book is targeted towards NT, it is fully applicable to any modern OS, including UNIX