threads in VC++6

[M.D.]

OK,
I have programmed on linux before. Now i had to transmit one of my programs to windows. And obviously i hit several problems:

1) It writes me it wont recognize the include unistd.h
2) It writes me it wont recognize the include pthread.h - i need it for threads
3) It wont recognize the "Long Long" data type - I used it cuz it has 64 bits.

Some one told me to use __int64 instead of Long Long, but i dunno if it will hepl and what it means at all.

I have never programmed on windows (XP in my case)
Any help would be appritiated...

[aym]

For threads, you need to use the Win32 API, which is completely different from programming threads under Linux.

What do you use unistd.h for? It's not a standard header, so you won't find it under Windows.

Also, check out Cygwin, with it, there is a chance that you'll be able to compile your app under Windows.

[M.D.]

Can you please explain for me a bit about win32 api you talk about? Because i know completely nothing about it...

[aym]

Well the Win32 API is a set of functions that let you access the various features of Windows, with it you can create GUIs, threads, do network programming...

Win32 tutorial: http://www.winprog.org/tutorial/
Threading in Win32: http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=342886
Pthreads for Windows (never tried it myself): http://sources.redhat.com/pthreads-win32/