How to use POSIX threads to increase the responsiveness and performance of your code.

Introduces what threads are, why they are useful and how to program with them using the POSIX 1003.1c thread standard and API bindings for C.

This article demystifies the POSIX thread interface, providing practical examples of threaded code for consideration.

An explanation of semaphores under Linux, including a comparison of System V and POSIX style semaphores. Code examples show how semaphores are used.

How to use condition variables.

How to write parallel applications using POSIX threads. By Mark Hays.

Provides an overview of the thread model implementation on HP-UX 11i and describes the impact that each thread model has on application behavior and performance.

In addition to scheduling, synchronization and signal handling special emphasis is placed on cancellation, error expedition, performance, hardware and languages. (Daniel J. Berg, Bil Lewis)

The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6 (IEEE Std 1003.1, 2004 Edition) chapter for threads. Includes manual pages of all POSIX thread functions.

A set of C++ wrappers for posix synchronous entities such as pthread, mutexes and condition.