Subj : Re: Memory visibility and MS Interlocked instructions
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Alexander Terekhov
Date : Fri Aug 26 2005 07:40 pm


Joe Seigh wrote:
> 
> Alexander Terekhov wrote:
> > To Joe: why don't you simply spend your weekend studying the archives.
> >
> > jupiter.robustserver.com/pipermail/cpp-threads_decadentplace.org.uk
> >
> 
> Done.

Where can I buy that supersonic accelerator drug you're on?

> 
> 1)  None of you know how to define semantics for atomic ops.

Feel free to illuminate me.

> 2)  You have no examples, let alone compelling ones, on why
>     anything more complex than simple memory ordering needs to be
>     exposed at the api level rather than left as an implementation
>     decision. 

I'm just curious: what sort of complex implementation of simple memory 
ordering do you have in your mind?

regards,
alexander.

.