It's 2006. I'm working with threads in C and it's awful

[raptor85@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lisyarus @eniko yeah, C++11's std::thread interface is great, makes it extremely simple to set up stuff like thread pooling and generic worker threads.

[countablenewt@mastodon.social]

@eniko . working threads I’m 2026 C it’s and awful with It’s ,

[joe@f.duriansoftware.com]

@eniko you could leave "in C" out and it would be about the same

[scottmichaud@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@joe @eniko Ignoring run-to-run variance.

[joe@f.duriansoftware.com]

@scottmichaud @eniko vibe coders concurrency programmers

[vfig@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@joe @eniko but that would make Terry Riley sad

[casar@mastodon.social]

@halla I've been working with threads in Java and in Python and they were ... so, so, those in Python most certainly double-plus than ones in Java.

But I always imagined (but never tried) working with threads in C must be wonderful. Now I am confused.

@eniko

[superblox@mastodon.social]

@eniko Have you heard the good news about our lord and savior Rust yet?

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@silvermoon82 and the w is for works well in windows