NAME
thread_create - create a thread

SYNTAX
object thread_create(function f, mixed ... args);

DESCRIPTION
This function creates a new thread which will run simultaneously to the rest of the program. The new thread will call the function f with the arguments args. When f returns the thread will cease to exist. All Pike functions are 'thread safe' meanting that running a function at the same time from different threads will not corrupt any internal data in the Pike process. The returned value will be the same as the return value of this_thread() for the new thread.

NOTA BENE
This function is only available on systems with POSIX threads support.

SEE ALSO
/precompiled/mutex, /precompiled/condition and this_thread