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Antony Thomas
Antony Thomas

Reputation: 3696

Is thread a windows concept?

So i was reading "CLR via C#" and found this line "A thread is a Windows concept whose job is to virtualize the CPU". Really? Was single\multi thread originally from Windows?

Googling for justification did not help and hence seeking help from the community.

Upvotes: 9

Views: 327

Answers (4)

Tod
Tod

Reputation: 8252

I would say that that when we talk about "threading" on Windows there is a certain assumption about shared memory and implementation. I actually never heard the term "thread" until I moved to Windows programming (as opposed to embedded programming). I was more familiar with multiprocessing and multitasking. So the concept wasn't unique but the terminilogy may have changed. I would point out in my experience prior to Windows, multiple processes did NOT share memory unless it was global.

Upvotes: 2

Konrad Viltersten
Konrad Viltersten

Reputation: 39250

I believe that Amiga already had multithreading. Could it be that the text refers to that multithreading is (also) a Windows concept but not that it's (originally) a Windows invention?

Upvotes: 1

Nikola Anusev
Nikola Anusev

Reputation: 7088

I suppose what the author really meant is that threading as a mechanism is something that is being managed by Windows and not .NET framework.

Upvotes: 10

Larsenal
Larsenal

Reputation: 51186

Short answer: No, it's not solely a Windows concept, and the concept has been around for quite a long time.

Upvotes: 6

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