Subj : Re: YALFAm (Yet Another Lock Free Approach, maybe)
To   : comp.programming.threads
From : James Talbut
Date : Mon May 16 2005 06:50 pm

"Chris Thomasson" <_no_damn_spam_cristom@_no_damn_comcast.net_spam> 
wrote in message news:WYidnX49N-9PRBrfRVn-qA@comcast.com...
> You simply can't avoid assembly language wrt lock-free programming. 
> A C compiler is not trustworthy enough; it can and will screw you.

Even with the _InterlockedCompareExchange() intrinsic function on 
Windows?

Why? The risk of it optimising things into a different order?


I know the first time I do this I'll spend a lot of time working with 
the compiled assembly code.


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