Subj : Re: Adding thread support for C... To : comp.programming.threads From : David Schwartz Date : Wed Aug 03 2005 01:13 am "Chris Friesen" wrote in message news:11f0i1cfe7bql42@corp.supernews.com... > Again, I admit it could be done this way. Out of curiosity, do you know > of any such architectures? It depends on your exact requirements. There is at least one platform that only has atomic operations on a single byte. PowerPC, if memory serves me. But the point is that you want to keep the C language totally generic and not make trouble for future hardware. Of course, it's reasonable that software written today won't get the full advantage of future hardware, so you don't have to handle the really out there possibilities. DS .