Hello, I can compile --- #include <iostream> #include <vector> #include <numeric> #include <future> template <typename RAIter> int parallel_sum(const RAIter beg, const RAIter end) { const auto len = end-beg; if(len < 1000) return std::accumulate(beg, end, 0); const RAIter mid = beg + len/2; auto handle = std::async(std::launch::async, parallel_sum<RAIter>, mid, end); const int sum = parallel_sum(beg, mid); return sum + handle.get(); } int main() { std::vector<int> v(10000, 1); std::cout << "The sum is " << parallel_sum(v.begin(), v.end()) << ".\n"; } --- using "g++ -Wall -std=c++11", but running it I get terminate called after throwing an instance of 'std::system_error' what(): Unknown error -1 Aborted (core dumped) The program should be correct (btw, it is adapted from http://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/thread/async ). The system is: > g++ -v Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=g++ COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib64/gcc/x86_64-suse-linux/4.7/lto-wrapper Target: x86_64-suse-linux Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --libdir=/usr/lib64 --libexecdir=/usr/lib64 --enable-languages=c,c++,objc,fortran,obj-c++,java,ada --enable-checking=release --with-gxx-include-dir=/usr/include/c++/4.7 --enable-ssp --disable-libssp --disable-libitm --disable-plugin --with-bugurl=http://bugs.opensuse.org/ --with-pkgversion='SUSE Linux' --disable-libgcj --disable-libmudflap --with-slibdir=/lib64 --with-system-zlib --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-libstdcxx-allocator=new --disable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-version-specific-runtime-libs --enable-linker-build-id --program-suffix=-4.7 --enable-linux-futex --without-system-libunwind --with-arch-32=i586 --with-tune=generic --build=x86_64-suse-linux Thread model: posix gcc version 4.7.1 20120723 [gcc-4_7-branch revision 189773] (SUSE Linux) > uname -a Linux XXX 3.4.42-2.28-desktop #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Apr 29 09:18:32 UTC 2013 (a7a14eb) x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Any help would be appreciated. Oliver