+1000. there's std::async, and std::promise, with futures lambdas and smart pointers. I really do feel like c++ is a new language. I will mention that it still

+1000. there's std::async, and std::promise, with futures lambdas and smart pointers. I really do feel like c++ is a new language. I will mention that it still lets you shoot yourself in the foot. However now you get to choose when you'd like to prevent shooting yourself in the foot.