Threads Considered Harmful

Explore a comprehensive conference talk from ACCU 2021 that challenges conventional multithreaded programming paradigms. Delve into a new approach for constructing multithreaded programs using tasks and dependencies instead of explicit threads and synchronization primitives. Learn how this method can improve usability, composability, correctness, and performance in multithreaded programming. Gain insights into modeling programs and dependencies, eliminating locks, and raising the abstraction level of multithreaded programs. Discover a blend of intuitive theory, comparisons with other models, practical examples, and performance considerations. Presented by Lucian Radu Teodorescu, a Software Architect at Garmin with a PhD in programming languages, this talk offers valuable knowledge for programmers seeking to enhance their multithreading skills and understanding.