Practical Multithreading Best Practices: C Edition — Writing Safely the Win32 API Way (archived 2026-08-30)
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Abstract
The established approach to multithreading in C with Win32 is thread creation via _beginthreadex, SRW locks and condition variables, Interlocked functions, and a stop design built on a stop event plus WaitForMultipleObjects. This article also covers the dangers of TerminateThread and the constraints of DllMain. Archived version of https://comcomponent.com/en/blog/multithreading-best-practices-c/, as published on 2026-08-30. The live article is maintained and may change after this date. First published 2026-08-02.
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View paper (DOI)Open access versionOpenAlexZenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)Published 2026-08-30
Authors: Go Komura
Institutions: Fujikura (United States)