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# EiffelThread Content

Multithreaded applications provide a flexible, exciting way of utilizing the power of modern computer systems. EiffelThread supports a powerful multithreaded model, fast and easy to use.

The EiffelThread library is mapped to the native thread library of your platform such as Windows, POSIX, Solaris and Unix International Threads.

This document will explain how to use the EiffelThread library. To fully take advantage of this documentation you should know some basics about multithreaded systems

To enable multithreading in the EiffelStudio environment, you will need to do some changes in your project settings. To learn more about once feature in an Eiffel multithreaded environment, click here.

Users of the EiffelThread library in version 4.5 and older should read "changes between 4.5 and 5.0" to get the info they need to migrate their code to the new implementation of threads in Eiffel.

If you encounter problems, take a look at the FAQ list.