Subj : Re: Lock Free -- where to start
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Joe Seigh
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 12:03 pm

David Schwartz wrote:
>     Let me just give you my general caveat about lock free code. First, lock 
> free code is generally non-portable and extremely complex. Such code can 
> easily contain bugs that are extremely difficult even for experts to spot. 
> The complexity is almost always unnecessary.
> 
[...]
> 
>     Lock free algorithms work great in kernels and low level threading 
> libraries for a variety of reasons. Portability is not that important. The 
> probability that there are other things to do is lower in core code (because 
> everything passes through it). But for application code, or even most 
> libraries on top of threading libraries, it's a pure loss.
> 

So Java isn't portable or they shouldn't have put support for lock-free in
Java or what?


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Joe Seigh

When you get lemons, you make lemonade.
When you get hardware, you make software.

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