Question

• The main thread must
  • Set the common global string to empty
  • Start the communicating threads
  • Detach the threads
  • Exit
• The producer thread must run a loop that:
  • Yields the CPU until the global string is empty
  • Prompts the user for a string
  • Reads it into the global string
  until the user enters ^D (end of file). At that point the producer can cause the entire process to terminate.
• The consumer thread must run an infinite loop that:
  • Yields the CPU until the global string is non-empty
  • Prints the global string to the screen
  • Sets the global string to empty

Answer

• ThreadBuffer.c