Subj : Re: [.NET] Volatile Fields [correction] To : comp.programming.threads From : Joe Seigh Date : Tue Sep 20 2005 01:06 pm David Hopwood wrote: > Joe Seigh wrote: >>W and Y are stores by two different processors. Under processor >>consistency you aren't guaranteed to see them in order. > > > . > > : That's not the official x86 memory model. Andy Glew didn't make clear whether he was talking about the x86 memory model as (unofficially) specified or as implemented. And he was not speaking *for* Intel. You'd look very foolish trying to file a bug report to Intel for behavior that was allowed by the documented memory model claiming Andy Glew told you this was how it was supposed to work in comp.arch. -- Joe Seigh When you get lemons, you make lemonade. When you get hardware, you make software. .