Reviews for Solaris Guide to Multithreaded Programming

1. Simple guide to multi-threading on Solaris

   Rated 3 out of 5 stars, August 12rd, 2007

   Not the most advanced guide ever to multi-threading, nor the best tutorial, but a good, easy-to-read general guide to multi-threading on Solaris using the Solaris API (not Pthreads). As well as some reference material, some example code etc, it contains some good general guidelines, info about common mistakes, info about how to use adb and dbx to debug multi-threaded programs etc. Personally the things I like most about this book are its clarity (it is a very easy read), its length (i.e. it's not too long) and the spread (if not completeness) of topics covered.
   
   The big worry about this book is its age. It refers to Solaris 2.4, so the reader is bound to ask (a) are the guidelines re. whether to start a new thread or use a pool of threads still correct, (b) are there extra functions available now that this book doesn't cover, (c) have changes to hardware in the intervening years affected any of the info in the book, etc. Realistically anyone looking at buying this should really go for "Multithreaded Programming Guide: Solaris 8" instead (ISBN-10: 1400526493, ISBN-13: 978-1400526499) as that is more up to date and includes Pthreads as well as the Solaris API.