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Improving Futures and Callbacks in C++ To Avoid Synching by Waiting

In C++, futures are a great way of decomposing a program into concurrent parts, but a poor way of composing those parts into a responsive and scalable program. Microsoft's Parallel Pattern Library (PPL) provides a solution using tasks.

July 26, 2012
URL:http://www.drdobbs.com/windows/improving-futures-and-callbacks-in-c-to/240004255