Ars Technica

Thread Local Storage - why?

I've been reading about Thread Local Storage (TSL), and while I understand the mechanics of TLS, I do not understand how it is utilized. Why would I ever need to use it? What are some examples of when ...
Ars Technica

Thread safety of static local variables in C++

My question is simple. Is a static local variable's initialization thread safe? <br><br>Acording to Stroustrup: <blockquote class="ip-ubbcode-quote"> <font size="-1 ...
InfoWorld

Java 101: Understanding Java threads, Part 4: Thread groups, volatility, and thread-local variables

This month’s Java 101 concludes the thread series by focusing on thread groups, volatility, thread-local variables, timers, and the ThreadDeath class. Java requires every thread and every thread group ...
InfoWorld

Can ThreadLocal solve the double-checked locking problem?

In my previous article “Double-Checked Locking: Clever, but Broken,” I looked at some of the problems with double-checked locking (DCL), an idiom recommended by a number of Java books and articles as ...
InfoQ

Virtual Threads: New Foundations for High-Scale Java Applications

Virtual threads are a lightweight implementation of Java threads, delivered as a preview feature in Java 19. Virtual threads dramatically reduce the effort of writing, maintaining, and observing ...