为什么我的线程没有运行？

// windows_procon.cpp : Defines the entry point for the console application.
#include "stdafx.h"
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <iostream>
#include <time.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <process.h>
using namespace std;
HANDLE mutex;
HANDLE emptySlots;
HANDLE filledSlots;
#define BUFFER_SIZE 10
void *producer(void *);
void *consumer(void *);
int produceItem(void);
void printBuffer(void);
int buffer[BUFFER_SIZE];
int head = 0;
int tail = 0;
int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    DWORD prodThrdID, consThrdID;
    mutex = CreateMutex(NULL,FALSE,NULL);
    emptySlots = CreateSemaphore(NULL,BUFFER_SIZE,BUFFER_SIZE,NULL);
    filledSlots = CreateSemaphore(NULL,0,0,NULL);
    srand(time(NULL));
    _beginthreadex(NULL, 0, (unsigned int(__stdcall *)(void*))producer,
                    0, 0, (unsigned int *)&prodThrdID);
    _beginthreadex(NULL, 0, (unsigned int(__stdcall *)(void*))consumer,
                    0, 0, (unsigned int *)&consThrdID);
    return 0;
}
void *producer(void *n)
{
    int item;
    for(int i = 0; i <BUFFER_SIZE+5; i++)
    {
        WaitForSingleObject(emptySlots,INFINITE);
        WaitForSingleObject(mutex,INFINITE);
        item = produceItem();
        //printf("Producing");
        cout << "Producing: " << item << endl;
        //logfile << "Producing: "<< item << endl;
        //fprintf(logfile, "Producing: %d n", item);
        buffer[head] = item;
        head = (head + 1) % BUFFER_SIZE;
        printBuffer();
        ReleaseMutex(mutex);
        ReleaseSemaphore(filledSlots,1, NULL);
    }
    return n;
}
void *consumer(void *n)
{
    for(int i = 0; i <BUFFER_SIZE+5; i++)
    {
        WaitForSingleObject(filledSlots,INFINITE);
        //Sleep(500);
        WaitForSingleObject(mutex,INFINITE);
        cout << "Consuming: " << buffer[tail] << endl;
        buffer[tail] = 0;
        tail = (tail + 1) % BUFFER_SIZE;
        printBuffer();
        ReleaseMutex(mutex);
        ReleaseSemaphore(emptySlots,1, NULL);
    }
    return n;
}
int produceItem(void)
{
    int x = (rand()%11 + 1);
    return x;
}
void printBuffer(void)
{
    for(int i = 0; i <BUFFER_SIZE; i++)
    {
        printf("%d ", buffer[i]);
    }
    printf("END n");
}

我这里的程序应该是一个解决生产者-消费者问题的算法。我想我有正确的算法，我唯一的问题是，我有麻烦让线程正常运行。有人能告诉我是什么问题吗?