Subj : Re: Adding thread support for C...
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : David Schwartz
Date : Mon Jul 18 2005 08:00 pm


"Mayan Moudgill" <mmoudgill@sandbridgetech.com> wrote in message 
news:11domum9gnvatbe@corp.supernews.com...

> For instance, we could add a statement __barrier() {don't reorder memory 
> operations past this statement}

    Such a statement would be useless unless you also have a way to specify 
that a variable be put in memory that's visible on other processors. Not all 
MP machines are SMP machines. Personally, I would hate to see things added 
to C that make hidden assumptions about the hardware.

    DS

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