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<h3 class="section">3.12 <code>OMP_THREAD_LIMIT</code> &ndash; Set the maximum number of threads</h3>
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<dt><em>Description</em>:</dt>
<dd><p>Specifies the number of threads to use for the whole program. The
value of this variable shall be a positive integer. If undefined,
the number of threads is not limited.
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<dt><em>See also</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><a href="OMP_005fNUM_005fTHREADS.html#OMP_005fNUM_005fTHREADS">OMP_NUM_THREADS</a>, <a href="omp_005fget_005fthread_005flimit.html#omp_005fget_005fthread_005flimit">omp_get_thread_limit</a>
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<dt><em>Reference</em>:</dt>
<dd><p><a href="http://www.openmp.org/">OpenMP specification v4.0</a>, Section 4.10
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