## Function: SB-THREAD:MAKE-THREAD [![package](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package-SB--THREAD-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../) [![type](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-Function-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../#function) [![github](https://img.shields.io/badge/GitHub-View_the_source-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999&logo=github)](https://github.com/sbcl/sbcl/blob/master/src/code/target-thread.lisp/) > Create a new thread of NAME that runs FUNCTION with the argument > list designator provided (defaults to no argument). Thread exits when > the function returns. The return values of FUNCTION are kept around > and can be retrieved by JOIN-THREAD. > > Invoking the initial ABORT restart established by MAKE-THREAD > terminates the thread. > > See also: RETURN-FROM-THREAD, ABORT-THREAD. ### Lambda list ```cl (function &key sb-thread::name sb-thread::arguments sb-thread::ephemeral) ```