+
+// determine number of logical CPU cores (use for multithreaded functions)
+extern int num_CPUs(void)
+{
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+ #include <sysinfoapi.h>
+ SYSTEM_INFO sysinfo;
+ GetSystemInfo(&sysinfo);
+ return sysinfo.dwNumberOfProcessors;
+#elif defined(__linux__) || defined(__APPLE__)
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ return sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_ONLN);
+#else
+ return 1;
+#endif
+}