How to “multithread” C code

Question

I have a number crunching application written in C. It is kind of a main loop that for each value calls, for increasing values of \"i\", a function that performs some calcul

Answer 1

Depending on the OS, you could use posix threads. You could instead implement stack-less multithreading using state machines. There is a really good book entitled "embedded multitasking" by Keith E. Curtis. It's just a neatly crafted set of switch case statements. Works great, I've used it on everything from apple macs, rabbit semiconductor, AVR, PC.

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