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Concurrency with Modern C++

By : Rainer Grimm
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Concurrency with Modern C++

By: Rainer Grimm

Overview of this book

C++11 is the first C++ standard that deals with concurrency. The story goes on with C++17 and will continue with C++20/23. Concurrency with Modern C++ is a practical guide that gets you to grips with concurrent programming in Modern C++. Starting with the C++ memory model and using many ready-to-run code examples, the book covers everything you need to improve your C++ multithreading skills. You'll gain insight into different design patterns. You'll also uncover the general consideration you have to keep in mind while designing a concurrent data structure. The final chapter in the book talks extensively about the common pitfalls of concurrent programming and ways to overcome these hurdles. By the end of the book, you'll have the skills to build your own concurrent programs and enhance your knowledge base.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Index

Best Practices

This chapter provides you with a simple set of rules for writing well-defined and fast, concurrent programs in modern C++. Multithreading, and in particular parallelism and concurrency, is quite a new topic in C++; therefore, more and more best practices are discovered in the coming years. Consider the rules in this chapter not as a complete list; but rather as a necessary starting point that evolves over time. This holds particularly true for the parallel STL. At the time of updating this book (12/2018), the parallel algorithms of C++17 are only partially available; therefore, it is too early to formulate best practices for it.