On 02/06/2013 06:52 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
iMath wrote:
When a program starts up, one thread begins running immediately. This is
usually called the main thread of the program ,so each process only has
one main thread ,right ?
I'm not sure if we should say "each process HAS one main thread" or "each
process IS one main thread", or whether there is in fact a difference. But,
yes, each process is equivalent to a single thread.
Each process merely starts out as a single thread. If it creates other
threads, they are usually not considered main threads.
OP: But note that if a process is running under a debugger, or an IDE,
that debugger may inject one or more threads into the process.
The only place I now of where we care whether a particular thread in a
process is "the main thread" is with a gui, which usually can only sit
in a single, "main" thread. Any gui-related processing done in other
threads must be done very carefully.
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