C: Multithreading

Question

Is multithreading supported in C? If yes, then how do I try? Is there any open source library that lets me do it and is the library supported on Mac OS X?

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Answer 1

C has no concept whatever of threads. There is no thread support in C Standard. There are extensions available that can implement multi threading - one of which is pthreads.

Be aware because C language has no natural support of threads you as the programmer have to take care of everything and you will not be protected against any of the pitfalls of multi-threaded programming.