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>SDL_CreateThread&nbsp;--&nbsp;Creates a new thread of execution that shares its parent's properties.</DIV
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>#include "SDL.h"
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>SDL_Thread *<B
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83	>SDL_CreateThread -- Creates a new thread of execution that shares its parent's properties.</DIV
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106	>SDL_Thread *<B
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126	>SDL_CreateThread</TT
127	> creates a new thread of execution
128	that shares all of its parent's global memory, signal handlers,
129	file descriptors, etc, and runs the function <TT
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