Implement Win32 threading functions

.gitignore

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+/test.o
+/test

README

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-Trivial C11 threads.h implementation over POSIX threads.
+Trivial C11 threads.h implementation over POSIX threads and not-so-trivial
+implementation over Win32 threads.
 
 Rationale
 ---------
 GNU libc doesn't implement the thread part of the C library from the recent C11
 standard, even though recent versions of gcc do support other aspects of it
-(like atomics).
+(like atomics). Likewise, Microsoft's VCRT also doesn't implement C11 threading.
 
 If you're starting a new multithreaded project in C right now, it would make
-sense to use the standard C way of using threads instead of a mismash of
+sense to use the standard C way of using threads instead of a mishmash of
 various platform-specific APIs.
 
 So until the system libc adds support for it, we need a stopgap that works
-exactly as the C standard describes.
-
+exactly as the C standard describes, though on a best effort basis for Win32,
+where the system API doesn't quite match the requirements.
 
 How to use
 ----------
-No installation, no compilation, just drop c11threads.h to your project, and
-don't forget to link with -lpthread
-
+For pthread users:
+No installation, no compilation, just drop c11threads.h into your project, and
+don't forget to link with "-lpthread".
 This library is extremely thin and implemented directly in the header file as a
 bunch of "static inline" functions (you do have at least C99 functionality while
-trying to use C11 threads, right?).
+trying to use C11 threads, right?). Define "C11THREADS_PTHREAD_WIN32" if you are
+compiling for Win32.
+
+For non-pthread users on Windows:
+You need to compile c11threads_win32.c and link with it. The library works with
+Windows NT 4.0 or higher and uses some shims selected at runtime if running on
+Windows versions prior to Vista. Call "c11threads_destroy_win32()" after you are
+done using the library or you might leak resources.
 
 If you'd like to use this with a C89 compiler, just search&replace or
 define-away all instances of "inline" to oblivion. Each object file will get a
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 License
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-Author: John Tsiombikas <nuclear@member.fsf.org>
+Authors:
+John Tsiombikas <nuclear@member.fsf.org>
+Oliver Old <oliver.old@outlook.com>
+
 I place this piece of code in the public domain. Feel free to use as you see
-fit. I'd appreciate it if you keep my name at the top of the code somehwere, but
+fit. I'd appreciate it if you keep my name at the top of the code somewhere, but
 whatever.
 
 Main project site: https://github.com/jtsiomb/c11threads
 
 Feel free to send corrections, patches, trendy social pull requests,
 pictures of your cat wearing santa hats, any good porn links, or investment
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