Re: POSIX thread question


David Schwartz wrote:
Michael Rasmussen wrote:


Only if '-pthread' doesn't work for some reason. The '-pthread' option
is standard. The '-lpthread' option happens to be correct for some
current Linux platforms.

I tried the following command, it works:
gcc -pthread -o threadapp threadapp.c

My book suggests the following:
gcc -pthread threadapp.c -o threadapp -lpthread

What is the different? Which on is better?

Thanks.

Jack

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