[boost] Re: [Threads] Much faster try_mutex on Windows NT

Beman Dawes wrote: [...]

Hoare

http://research.microsoft.com/~thoare

has been knighted, the only programmer that I know of to gain that honor.

Well, just a few months ago MS Software Architect (typical programming job, oder? ;-) ) Mr. Gates has been awarded a Knighthood (KBE of "a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire") by Her Majesty the Queen. MS is full of knights, you know. ;-) ;-) regards, alexander.