Subj : Re: Lock Free -- where to start
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Oliver S.
Date : Thu Sep 29 2005 01:24 am

>> Lock-free processing may look fascinating, but primarily superfluous.

> So JSR-166 was a waste of time?

JSR-166 resulted in much more than lock-free queues in
java.util.concurrent. So it wasn't just a waste of time.


PS: I must admit that lock-free processing has a coolness-factor;
    but that's almost anything it has.

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