Threads vs Tasks
This lesson highlights the differences between threads and tasks used in C++ for multithreading.
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Threads are very different from tasks. Let’s see how by looking at this piece of code first:
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// asyncVersusThread.cpp#include <future>#include <thread>#include <iostream>int main(){std::cout << std::endl;int res;std::thread t([&]{ res = 2000 + 11; });t.join();std::cout << "res: " << res << std::endl;auto fut= std::async([]{ return 2000 + 11; });std::cout << "fut.get(): " << fut.get() << std::endl;std::cout << std::endl;}
The child thread t and the ...