Information for Managers - Understanding pthreads?

dnotj asks: "The boss (who is very technically astute) says: NO to using pthreads in any of our production applications. He wants us to do things the old fashion way (fork(), exec(), shared memory, etc). His reason for this is that he doesn't understand pthreads (by his own admission). Hence, he is limiting us to using methods and techniques that he understands. He is reasonable and would see our side (the developers) if presented with enough understanding in a satisfactory format. What I'm looking for are document technically detailed yet directed more towards management. Not something on the level of 'pthreads for Dummies', but more along the lines of 'pthreads for Managers'. Any suggestions? URLs or Books are fine."

Comments

Think this through....

[cybermace5]

Managers aren't always wrong.

Laugh, but it seems to be a common attitude that a manager is never right, and never will be.

Your manager is not there to code, he's there to keep all of you developers on task. Apparently, for some reason he needs to understand your code, in order to do his job to his satisfaction.

Actually, he may not NEED to understand pthreads at all. But I believe his approach is pretty smart in this case. Why should he allow you to adopt a new method, when you cannot explain it to him?

I wouldn't let you use pthreads either, if my paycheck depended on you getting your job done.