Threads
To launch a thread in C++, you have to include the <thread> header.
Thread Creation
A thread std::thread represents an executable unit. This executable unit, which the thread immediately starts, gets its work package as a callable unit. A thread is not copy-constructible or copy-assignable but move-constructible or move-assignable.
A callable unit is an entity that behaves like a function. Of course, it can be a function but also a function object, or a lambda function. The return value of the callable unit is ignored.
After discussing theory, here is a small example.
1 // createThread.cpp
2
3 #include <iostream> 4 #include <thread> 5
6 void helloFunction(){
7 std::cout << "Hello from a function." << std::endl;
8 }
9
10 class HelloFunctionObject{
11 public:
12 void operator()() const {
13 std::cout << "Hello from a function object." << std:...
