Bringing Go-Flavored Concurrency to C with POSIX Threads

Go-Flavored Concurrency in C

I explored how closely we can mimic Go's effortless concurrency in C using only POSIX threads for my Solod project. While native OS threads lack the efficiency of lightweight goroutines, I found that with honest tradeoffs, we can build a robust system using mutexes, condition variables, and worker pools. This approach offers a practical path to concurrent C without a runtime, though it requires careful management of thread creation and resource usage.

"In the end, I came to the conclusion that you can do quite a lot with pthreads — as long as you're honest about the tradeoffs."