Threads vs Tasks

This lesson highlights the differences between threads and tasks used in C++ for multithreading.

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Threads are very different from tasks. Let’s see how by looking at this piece of code first:

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// asyncVersusThread.cpp
#include <future>
#include <thread>
#include <iostream>
int main(){
std::cout << std::endl;
int res;
std::thread t([&]{ res = 2000 + 11; });
t.join();
std::cout << "res: " << res << std::endl;
auto fut= std::async([]{ return 2000 + 11; });
std::cout << "fut.get(): " << fut.get() << std::endl;
std::cout << std::endl;
}

The child thread t and the ...

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