#ifdef _WIN32
#include <windows.h>
#else
#include <pthread.h>
#include <unistd.h> 
#endif

#include <stdio.h>

void start_thread(void** thread_handle, void* (*task)(void*)) {
#ifdef _WIN32
	HANDLE thread = CreateThread(NULL, 0, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)task, NULL, 0, NULL);
	if (thread == NULL) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create thread\n");
	}
	*thread_handle = thread;
#else
	pthread_t thread;
	if (pthread_create(&thread, NULL, task, NULL) != 0) {
		fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create thread\n");
	}
	pthread_detach(thread);
	*thread_handle = (void*)thread;
#endif
}

#ifdef _WIN32
void kill_thread(void* thread_handle) {
        HANDLE thread = (HANDLE)thread_handle;
        TerminateThread(thread, 0);
}
#else
void kill_thread(void* thread_handle) {
        pthread_t thread = (pthread_t)thread_handle;
        pthread_cancel(thread);
}
#endif