Task library for C?

Question

Is there a task library for C? I'm talking about the parallel task library as it exists in C#, or Java. In other words, I need a layer of abstraction over pthread for Linux. Thanks.

Answer 1

Give a look at OpenMP. In particular, you might be interested in the Task feature of OpenMP 3.0.

I suggest you, however, to try to see if your problem can be solved using other, "basic" constructs, such as parallel for, since they are simpler to use.