Subj : Re: an interesting threading-question To : comp.programming.threads From : David Schwartz Date : Wed Sep 14 2005 06:34 pm "Oliver S." wrote in message news:4328bf13$0$27555 $9b4e6d93@newsread4.arcor-online.net... >> Even x86 is like this. > Seems you didn't understand my question. Then perhaps you mean something non-standard by "read/write barrier". DS .