[Dune-devel] [SOCIS 2014]: C++11 threads vs POSIX threads

[Agnese, Marco]

Hi Christoph,
I prefer the C++11 way like you. Moreover I see threads just an additional feature since they do not add any functionality apart a performance boost. 
Therefore for my point of view the support for only newer compilers could be the right way.

Obviously libraries could help but I always prefer the STL to external ones since it is standardized. 
Since every C++ developer is familiar with it, it is more simple for everyone to contribute to the code without spending time learning new libraries.

Cheers,
Marco.

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From: 7135b8d6-3e78-dd11-9c85-005056a46000 at iws.uni-stuttgart.de [7135b8d6-3e78-dd11-9c85-005056a46000 at iws.uni-stuttgart.de] on behalf of Christoph Grüninger [christoph.grueninger at iws.uni-stuttgart.de]
Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2014 11:45 PM
To: Agnese, Marco; dune-devel at dune-project.org
Subject: Re: [Dune-devel] [SOCIS 2014]: C++11 threads vs POSIX threads

Hi Marco,
I prefer the C++11 way. I hope that it will detect more
error at compile time and will be better supported by
C++ tools in the not so far future.

The compatibility with older compilers is a real issue.
Maybe we can argue this is an additional feature and
it is only support for newer compilers. There were
similar cases in the past.

Libraries could help us. Either Boost.Thread which pulls
in other Boost libraries and which is avoided in Dune.
Or TinyThread++ [1] might be worth a try. According to
the web it is a header-only library.

Bye
Christoph


[1] http://tinythreadpp.bitsnbites.eu/

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