@node pthread_create
@section @code{pthread_create}
@findex pthread_create

POSIX specification:@* @url{https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/pthread_create.html}

Gnulib module: pthread-thread

Portability problems fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
This function is missing on some platforms:
Minix 3.1.8, mingw, MSVC 14.
But the provided replacement is just a dummy on some of these platforms:
Minix 3.1.8.
@item
This function is only defined as an inline function on some platforms:
HP-UX 11.11.
@end itemize

Portability problems not fixed by Gnulib:
@itemize
@item
On Linux/glibc platforms before the advent of NPTL in 2003, signals could only
be sent to one particular thread.  In POSIX, signals are sent to the entire
process and executed by any thread of the process that happens to have the
particular signal currently unblocked.
@end itemize