This list provides a few starting points for information. Of course, the web changes all the time, so no list committed to paper will ever be completely correct. That’s life in the information age.
General, unmoderated discussion of anything related to threads. This group is frequented by a number of people highly knowledgeable about threads in general, and about various specific implementations of Pthreads. It’s a nice, friendly place to ask about problems you’re having, or things you would like to do. Please, don’t ask about screensavers! And, if you want to ask about a problem, always remember to tell us what type of hardware and operating system you’re using and include the version.
The primary discussion group for the Tru64 UNIX operating system. This is a reasonable place to ask questions about using threads on Tru64 UNIX (or of course on earlier versions named “Digital UNIX,” or even “DEC OSF/1”). If your question (or problem) doesn’t seem to be specific to Tru64 UNIX, comp.programming. threads may be more appropriate because it presents your question to a larger audience of thread experts, and makes the answer available to a larger audience of thread users.
The primary discussion group for the Solaris operating system. This is a reasonable place to ask questions about using threads on Solaris. If the question (or problem) doesn’t seem to be specific to Solaris, comp.programming.threads may be more appropriate, because it presents your question to a larger audience of thread experts, and makes the answer available to a larger audience of thread users.
The Google search engine is a great place to start searching for everything. (Have you “googled” your own name? My father does this on a regular basis, and once found a speech he’d given that he was unaware had ever been near a computer.) “Google groups” (http://groups.google.com) contain enormous archives of newsgroup postings (a good way to research what you’ve missed on comp.programming.threads since it began) and lets you read and post news through a web interface.
The Addison-Wesley web page containing information about this book, including the source for all the example programs.
This page, maintained by Bil Lewis, is filled with useful information. In particular, it contains links to not one, but two FAQ (that’s “Frequently Asked Questions”) listings. There’s the full version (currently about 350 questions), and the short form (“Most Frequently Asked Questions”). There’s also a bibliography.
A searchable bibliography of terms related to threading, maintained by the University of Oslo in Norway.
Hewlett-Packard Company web site. It includes everything from Compaq Computer Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation. If you want information on Tru64 UNIX, OpenVMS, NonStopOS, HP-UX, or a couple of nice printers, this is the place.
Sun Microsystems, Inc., web site. This site includes, as you might guess, a lot of information on the Solaris operating system. You can also find information about the Java language, which provides an interesting variant of thread support by making thread synchronization an explicit attribute of a class method.
Silicon Graphics, Inc., web site. Information on SGI systems and the IRIX operating system.