31 Mar
2005
31 Mar
'05
5:26 a.m.
"Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email)" <SeeWebsiteForEmail@moderncppdesign.com> writes:
Iain K. Hanson wrote:
On Wed, Mar 30, 2005 at 07:08:02PM +0300, Peter Dimov wrote:
(Most of us can't write correct lock-free code at all, but that's a different story.) I often have problems with meta-programming but rarely with re-enterant programming ;-) Its nice to know that some traditional skills are still in demand!
I thought lock-free stuff is rather new... or is it not?
I remember the CAS instruction from the 68020. Seems to me they must have had some kind of lock-free manipulation in mind when they put that in? -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com