/*

A simple example which launches two threads of execution.

    $ gcc -pthread two_threads.c -o two_threads
    $ ./two_threads | more
    Hello this is thread #1 i=0
    Hello this is thread #1 i=1
    Hello this is thread #1 i=2
    Hello this is thread #1 i=3
    Hello this is thread #1 i=4
    Hello this is thread #2 i=0
    Hello this is thread #2 i=1
    ...

*/

#include <pthread.h>
#include <stdio.h>

// This function is called to start thread execution.
// It can be given any pointer as an argument.
void *run_thread(void *argument) {
    int *p = argument;

    for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
        printf("Hello this is thread #%d: i=%d\n", *p, i);
    }

    // A thread finishes when either the thread's start function
    // returns, or the thread calls `pthread_exit(3)'.
    // A thread can return a pointer of any type --- that pointer
    // can be fetched via `pthread_join(3)'
    return NULL;
}

int main(void) {
    // Create two threads running the same task, but different inputs.

    pthread_t thread_id1;
    int thread_number1 = 1;
    pthread_create(&thread_id1, NULL, run_thread, &thread_number1);

    pthread_t thread_id2;
    int thread_number2 = 2;
    pthread_create(&thread_id2, NULL, run_thread, &thread_number2);

    // Wait for the 2 threads to finish.
    pthread_join(thread_id1, NULL);
    pthread_join(thread_id2, NULL);

    return 0;
}