Concurrency: Introducing Inter-Thread Communication

Picture the scenario: You’re on the phone with your friend, when suddenly he say ‘Hey! Hold on. I think I’m getting another call’ and before you can say anything, he puts you on hold. Now, you have no idea whether to hang up, or wait. Your friend could be coming back in 3 seconds or 3 hours you’ve no idea. Wouldn’t it be great if your phone service provided you a mechanism that whenever you’re put on hold, you can freely disconnect and whenever your friend disconnects the other call, you immediately get a ring. Let’s talk about managing synchronization between threads.

Concurrency: Thread-safe Singletons

Love them or hate them, you just can not ignore singletons. Let’s try experimenting with singletons and concurrency.

Concurrency: Working with shared data using threads

In continuation with the last week’s experiment on protecting shared data in a concurrent system, let’s look at how we can make it work using C++ and threads.

Concurrency: Working with shared data using queues

Concurrency: Working with shared data using queues

Component System using C++ Multiple Inheritance

Few days back, I talked about designing Component System using Objective-C and message forwarding. Today, to carry the conversation forward, we shall see how can the same Component System be designed with C++, and also why C++ is a better language choice for such a design.