Subj : Re: Adding thread support for C...
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk
Date : Wed Aug 03 2005 01:36 am

Charles Bryant <n519629998.ch@chch.demon.co.uk> writes:

> However, it would be wrong to assume that, for example, an atomic
> increment operation must be faster than a lock/increment/unlock
> sequence, when it might be slower.

Well, on a sensible implementation it will not be slower because it
can be implemented by this.

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