Chapter 44. Processes and Multithreading

In our everyday life we all do a number of things such as go to work, have appointments, stay with friends or with the family; we are all very busy, of course. Sometimes we can make two things simultaneously, such as speaking on the phone while writing something on a piece of paper, but in most cases we do just one thing at a time: after all, there is only one of us. It would be great if we could share our things to do with other people so that multiple people do the same work concurrently. We would be less tired and we would have more time for resting or staying with our family. ...

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