Multithreading Library

A multithreading library for C and C++ programs that is open source, cross platform and high performance.

Features

• Pre-emptively scheduled threads.
• Priority inversion protection.
• Mutexes.
• Semaphores.
• Very low overhead, millisecond timers.
• Message passing.
• Multiple readers, single writer locks.
• Barriers.
• Thread local heaps.
• Small footprint (typically < 10K code).
• Fast context switching - under 2 microseconds on a 200 MHz Pentium.
• 100% ANSI C90 source with a single, small, platform/compiler adaptation module.
• Lightweight ANSI C++ 99 class wrappers.
• Ideal for embedded systems.

User documentation
Download the library and sources

The following targets and compilers are currently supported:

• Win32, Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
  
• Win32, OpenWatcom C++ 1.04
  
• Win32, BorlandC++ 5.5
• POSIX, Linux 2.6 and gcc 3.4 or 4.0
• POSIX, Cygwin 1.5.19 and gcc 3.4
• 32-bit DOS, DJGPP and gcc 4.0
• 32-bit DOS, OpenWatcom C++ 1.04
• 16-bit DOS, Microsoft Visual C 1.52c
• 16-bit DOS, OpenWatcom C++ 1.04
• Mac OS 9 PowerPC CodeWarrior 8
• ARM 7, ARM SDT 2.51
• NDS devkitPro