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Threads Primer: A Guide to Multithreaded Programming by Bil Lewis, Daniel J. Berg (Contributor) Shopping with us is 100% safe. Guaranteed. (We'll set one up for you) View my Wish List Our Price: $44.00 Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours. See larger photo Textbook Binding - 352 pages 1 edition (October 31, 1995) Prentice Hall; ISBN: 0134436989 ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x 9.21 x 7.00 Amazon.com Sales Rank: 57,900 Avg. Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 4 Customers who bought this book also bought: Multithreaded Programming With Pthreads; Bil Lewis, Daniel J. Berg Programming with POSIX Threads; David R. Butenhof Pthreads Programming: A POSIX Standard for Better Multiprocessing (O'Reilly Nutshell); Bradford Nichols, et al Thread Time: The MultiThreaded Programming Guide; Scott J. Norton, et al Click here for more suggestions... Editorial Reviews The publisher, Prentice-Hall ECS Professional Providing an overview of the Solaris and POSIX multithreading architectures, this book explains threads at a level that is completely accessible to programmers and system architects with no previous knowledge of threads. Covers the business and technical benefits of threaded programs, along with discussions of third party software that is threaded, pointing out the benefits. From the Inside Flap Today, there are three primary sets of multithreading (MT) libraries: the "standards-based" libraries (all of the UNIX implementations, which will move to POSIX upon ratification), the OS/2 library, and the Windows NT(TM) library. (The NT and OS/2 libraries are fairly similar, which should not be too surprising. NT did start life as OS/2, version 2, after all.) Although the APIs and implementations differ significantly, the fundamental concepts are the same. The ideas in this book are valid... read more From the Back Cover Providing an overview of the Solaris and POSIX multithreading architectures, this book explains threads at a level that is completely accessible to programmers and system architects with no previous knowledge of threads. Covers the business and technical benefits of threaded programs, along with discussions of third party software that is threaded, pointing out the benefits. For programmers, system architects, and technical programmer managers. All Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Review: Number of Reviews: 4 Write an online review and share your thoughts with other readers! 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: A good beginner's book on Multithreaded programming March 3, 1999 Reviewer: Nirmal Vuppuluri (vuppun@ntd.comsat.com) from Germantown, MD I would describe the books as concise, precise and extremely readable. The authors use fluid language and use the right technical terms in the right places. One of the best Computer Science books I have ever read. Definitely a good reference(though the book is not a comprehensive Operating Systems book) for a beginner who is looking to gain conceptual knowledge about Operating Systems in general and Multithreading in particular. Was this review helpful to you?   6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: Very good book but newer edition by same authors is better. January 4, 1999 Reviewer: A customer from Hillsborough, NJ This was an excellent book with detailed coverage of threads programming even down to how various hardware architectures affect multithreaded program behavior. However there is a more current edition under a different name (Multithreaded Programming with Pthreads) by the same authors that is more current that I would recommend instead (everything in this book is in the newer book). Was this review helpful to you?   Great Intro to the Concepts and Issues of Thread Programming March 13, 1998 Reviewer: flip@datasync.com from Gautier, MS USA A well written book that clearly explains the concepts and issues of thread programming. It provides the neccessary background information to understand the overall thread context and then describes the specific issues in turn. It does not over whelm the reader with technical details but concentrates on one issue at a time. It's a great book that I highly recommend! Was this review helpful to you?   Best introduction guide to threads programming on the market November 10, 1997 Reviewer: carmen@sybase.com from Emeryville, California, USA This book, true to other Solaris and Sun manual style, is concise and to the point. This is probably the best introduction to Threads Programming in existence. Lewis and Berg's style is almost reassuring as you learn the basics to threads programming, even for non-Solaris users. If the world of computing and how-to books were written in this style, the reader could learn anything. Was this review helpful to you?   Customers who bought titles by Bil Lewis also bought titles by these authors: W. Richard Stevens David R. Butenhof Bradford Nichols Steve Kleiman Scott J. Norton Look for similar books by subject: Browse for books in: Computers & Internet > Programming > General Computers & Internet > Networking & OS > Standards > Posix Search for books by subject: Threads (Computer programs) POSIX (Computer software stand UNIX (Computer file) Computer Bks - Languages / Programming Computers Programming - General Programming Languages - General i.e., each book must be in subject 1 AND subject 2 AND ... I have read this book, and I want to review it. I am the Author, and I want to comment on my book. I am the Publisher, and I want to comment on this book. Correct errors and omissions in this listing.