Win32

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Compound Win32 Synchronization Objects - Describes strategies to combine the Win32 synchronization primitives into more complex synchronization objects. It presents several solutions for implementing advanced synchronization objects along with a comparison of how they perform.

Multithreaded Programming with Win32 - This book describes techniques for designing and implementing multithreaded software applications.

Multithreading for Rookies - Focuses on some practical applications of Win32 multithreading.

Pelt: POSIX Wrapper for Windows Threads - This package provides a POSIX layer on top of Win32 threads to facilitate porting of Unix applications to Win32 platforms. [Open Source, LGPL]

POSIX Threads (pthreads) for Win32 - An implementation of POSIX pthreads for Win32. [Open source, LGPL].

Strategies for Implementing POSIX Condition Variables on Win32 - This article explores various techniques and patterns for implementing POSIX condition variables correctly and/or fairly on Win32.

Synchronization Primitives New to Windows Vista - Focuses on several of the new thread synchronization features introduced with Windows Vista: condition variables, slim reader/writer locks, and one-time initialization. (June, 2007)