What is Thread ?(VC++)What is the difference between Cmutex
and Csemaphone?

Answer Posted / zero zero

CMutex CSemaphore

Allows at most one thread allows more than one thread to
access the resource(RES) Access the RES simultaneousl
y

Prevents more than one It allows more that
one thread 2
Thread to access the res access the resource

Using mutex, we can Using semaphore, we can
sync
Synchronize one/more threads threads with in the process
In different process or with in
Process.

CMutex is a single lock CSemaphore is a
multilock.

CMutex Implementation CSemaphore Implementation
API’s in CMutex Dev:
::Create Mutex() ::CreateSemaphore()
::WaitForSinglrObject() ::WaitForSinglrObject
()
::WaitForMultipleObject
() ::WaitForMultipleObject()
::Release Mutex() ::Release Semaphore
()
::CloseHand
le()

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