Multithreading Programming Techniques - J. Ranade Workstation Series Author:Shashi Prasad The purpose of the book is to educate software professionals the techniques of multithreading programming, to show them how to use threads effectively to develop scaleable and parallel applications. Symmetric Multiprocessing machines (SMP) are becoming increasingly popular for many applications. Multithreading is the best technique available to ... more »developers to take advantage of the inherent parallelism of the SMP machines. The book starts with explaining SMP machines and discusses multithreading in general, and identifies the kinds of applications that can benefit from multithreading. This book explains in the clear and concise manner the techniques of multithreading programming on multiple platforms.« less