I want to know, why threads are deemed offtopic here by the likes of E
Sosman, although they are today part of standard C?
If you believe that Eric has expressed the opinion that C11 threads are
off-topic in this forum, I'd appreciate citations. I can't remember any
such incident.
If you're referring to his opposition to POSIX-specific discussions of
POSIX threads, that's entirely reasonable, since they are NOT "today
part of standard C".
Someone did recently post who had no interest in C11 threads, but only
in POSIX threads, yet insisted on discussing his interests here, rather
than in a POSIX-oriented forum. That might be what confused you on this
issue.
It is like a conspiracy of silence, everyone refuses to answer questions
on threads. ...
Has anyone asked a question about C11 threads that no one has answered?
In the unlikely event that there are any examples, it could be because
no one knows the answer to the question - the topic is still too new -
but I'd expect that any such question would still have generated a lot
of discussion here.
... Even people who often answer questions on pthreads in
comp.programming.threads, when C's threads are essentially the same as
pthreads but with the pthread_ namespace removed from identifiers.
As long as you are discussing them with the namespace removed form the
identifier, and with the corresponding differences in semantics, it's
entirely appropriate to discuss them here. There are differences, and
pretending that there are not would be stupid.
People in this group don't accept the new standard or what?
Some don't, but I don't think that's the problem. The problem is the
failure of some posters to make the distinction between POSIX threads,
which are better discussed in comp.unix.programmer or
comp.programming.threads, and C11 threads, which are best discussed here.
Note: a comparison between POSIX threads and C11 threads could
reasonably be carried out either here or in either of those other two
groups, or all three, for that matter. I'd look forward to such a
discussion - I don't know enough about threading of any type to be sure
of what those differences are, and I'd like to know.