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

I would guess that the majority of multithreaded programming on Mac OS X is done in Objective-C or C++, not plain C. (I realize that this isn't exactly an answer to the question that you asked, but you might want to know about alternatives.) In Objective-C, you'd use NSThread or, in Snow Leopard and later, Grand Central Dispatch (GCD). In C++, you could use the threads library from boost.org, which has the advantage of being cross-platform.