Subj : Re: Double-width CAS?
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : Markus Elfring
Date : Tue Jan 11 2005 10:48 pm

> What is double-width CAS? What is the difference/advantage it has over
> CAS? Can you give an example of its usage when it has an advantage over
CAS.

Would you like to read more about the applications for DCAS?
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/cis?q=Double+and+Compare+and+Swap
http://research.sun.com/people/detlefs/bib.html
http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~phs/phd.pdf
http://softwareforums.intel.com/ids/board/message?board.id=42&message.id=95

Regards,
Markus

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