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Re: Threads and statics

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On 4/9/2011 12:08 PM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> Eric Sosman<esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid>  writes:
>> manipulates).  Make sure the data is always seen in a consistent
>> state, except perhaps by the *one* thread that's in the act of
>> changing it; then you'll have a correct program.
>
>    It still could have potential deadlocks. [...]

     I also wrote, in the part you snipped

 >> (It might not be
 >> the fastest possible program -- that's where the hard parts come
 >> in -- but at least it won't have race conditions.)

Deadlock is merely a performance problem.  A really, Really,
REALLY bad performance problem. ;)

-- 
Eric Sosman
esosman@ieee-dot-org.invalid

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