Simple C++ Threading

Question

I am trying to create a thread in C++ (Win32) to run a simple method. I'm new to C++ threading, but very familiar with threading in C#. Here is some pseudo-code of what I am trying to do:

static void MyMethod(int data)
{
    RunStuff(data);
}

void RunStuff(int data)
{
    //long running operation here
}

I want to to call RunStuff from MyMethod without it blocking. What would be the simplest way of running RunStuff on a separate thread?

Edit: I should also mention that I want to keep dependencies to a minimum. (No MFC... etc)

Answer 1

#include <boost/thread.hpp>

static boost::thread runStuffThread;

static void MyMethod(int data)
{
    runStuffThread = boost::thread(boost::bind(RunStuff, data));
}

// elsewhere...
runStuffThread.join(); //blocks