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--- c:c_threads:create_background_tasks [2021/03/05 11:04] – created peter
+++ c:c_threads:create_background_tasks [2021/03/05 16:40] (current) – peter
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 ====== C - C++ Threads - Create Background Tasks ======
-You can make a std::thread run in the background by calling std::thread::detach() on it.
+You can make a std::thread run in the background by calling **std::thread::detach()** on it.
   * Once detached, a thread continues to run in the background and cannot be communicated with or waited upon to complete.
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+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  The 10 millisecond sleep is needed otherwise no output will be displayed.
+The reason for this is that the main thread terminates before the "Count" thread has had an opportunity to run.
+</WRAP>