Subj : Re: Challenge: Multithreading & Synchronization To : comp.programming.threads From : Markus Elfring Date : Sat May 21 2005 11:00 pm > Hmm, sure it does not apply to such extreme examples like your 3D-point, > but for most practical data (esp. containers/arrays) which have to be accessed > concurrently it does, doesn't it? > I have to wonder how you come on such an idea to believe that my statement > would include even such trivial cases like the 3 parts of a 3D point, hmm... I guess that one approach for this data structure is the use of a container "array" or "vector". What is the value of your "locking algebra" if you imagine to exclude such simple use cases? Regards, Markus .