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From: leefi@microsoft.UUCP (Lee Fisher)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: Problem with multiple threads ...
Message-ID: <10198@microsoft.UUCP>
Date: 9 Jan 90 19:30:19 GMT
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[regarding the discussion of _beginthread() being unnecessary]

Yes, if you use the MS C 5.1 runtime functions inside a newly created
thread, you should be using _beginthread() to create it. If you're
using "pure" OS/2 APIs inside this thread (and no C RTL functions), you 
can use DosCreateThread(). The _beginthread() function sets up things in
the C runtime so it can run properly.

For more information on _beginthread() (and multi-threaded programming
in general) with the MS C 5.1 compiler, see the file MTDYNA.DOC, included
in the C 5.1 disks. Also, I don't have the issue number handy, but about
six months ago there was an article in Microsoft Systems Journal that
discussed pros and cons of using these two functions.
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lee fisher, leefi@microsoft.uu.net, leefi%microsoft@uw-beaver.mil
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