C++ master/worker

Question

I am looking for a cross-platform C++ master/worker library or work queue library. The general idea is that my application would create some sort of Task or Work objects, pass

Answer 1

This is probably a huge overkill for what you need but still worth mentioning -
BOINC is a distributed framework for such tasks. There's a main server that gives out tasks to perform and a cloud of workers that do its bidding. It is the framework behind projects like SETI@Home and many others.