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Could anyone recommend good book about Intel's threading library and how to use it?

Konrad Rudolph
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    About your P.S.: It's in the [FAQ](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/how-to-ask). As far as I know, the exact criteria are secret. I also like to refer people to [this](http://sscce.org) (also this does not pertain to your current question). – Björn Pollex Jun 30 '11 at 12:27
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    There’s also [another FAQ](http://stackoverflow.com/faq#dontask). I think in your case the question was simply so short that the heuristic of the site was triggered. The question looks OK to me. – Konrad Rudolph Jun 30 '11 at 12:29
  • @Kondrad it's rather poor design to tell to user that error occured but without giving a reason, just so vague "our quality bladi blah" – smallB Jun 30 '11 at 13:02

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I found the O'Reilly book useful. The library is complex, but the book gives a good introduction to it.

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  • judging by reviewers' comments it is rather poorly written book, with lots of faults. What's your opinion on that? – smallB Jun 30 '11 at 12:53
  • I don't think it's the best written book in the world, but I was able to understand what the library was trying to provide and at least the basics of how it provided it. From there I'd probably head straight over to the API docs. – Alan Stokes Jun 30 '11 at 13:01
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The O'Reilly book indeed does have poor reviews. I haven't come across any other books, but what will really help you with learning TBB is:
To go through the reference manual one concept at a time and make tiny code samples of your own. The TBB samples are HUGE, and weren't very helpful when I tried learning it. I made small pieces of code and tried out the concepts. That's the best way to explore and learn TBB (until a good book comes out).
Happy learning! :)

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