finished c example code

example.c

@@ -13,19 +13,40 @@
 #include <inttypes.h>
 #include <pthread.h>
 
-void *start_routine(void) {
+void *start_routine(void *arg) {
+	(void) arg;
   pthread_t pid = pthread_self();
   for(size_t i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
-    printf("i am thread %llu\n", pid);  
+    printf("i am thread %lu\n", pid);  
     sleep(1); 
   }
-  pthread_exit();
+  pthread_exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char const *argv[]) {
-  (void) argc, argv;
+  (void) argc;
+	(void) argv;
+
+	// ignore this, just to suppress warnings
+	long unsigned int thread_ids[6]; 
 
   size_t amount_threads = 5;
 
+  for(size_t i = 0; i < amount_threads; i++) {
+	  // we do no error checking!
+	  pthread_create(
+			&thread_ids[i],
+			NULL, // default attributes
+			&start_routine, // what should the thread do
+			NULL  // no arguments for the thread
+	  );
+	}
+
+	// either do this for lazy or join the threads together
+	while(1) {
+		puts("main!");
+		sleep(1);
+	}
+
   return EXIT_SUCCESS;;
 }