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Re: Atomic integer array class question

From Lew <noone@lewscanon.com>
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Subject Re: Atomic integer array class question
Date 2012-01-10 07:17 -0800
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raphfrk@gmail.com wrote:
> Patricia Shanahan wrote:
>> Spin waiting, especially spin waiting that has no delay and includes
>> access to a volatile variable, can be very expensive in terms of load on
>> the processor-memory interconnect.
>
> So, add a Thread.sleep(1); or something ?

No, don't poll.  You put lipstick on a pig, it's still a pig.

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Lew
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Atomic integer array class question "raphfrk@gmail.com" <raphfrk@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 07:10 -0800
  Re: Atomic integer array class question Knute Johnson <nospam@knutejohnson.com> - 2012-01-09 07:45 -0800
    Re: Atomic integer array class question "raphfrk@gmail.com" <raphfrk@gmail.com> - 2012-01-09 08:17 -0800
      Re: Atomic integer array class question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-01-09 10:56 -0800
        Re: Atomic integer array class question "raphfrk@gmail.com" <raphfrk@gmail.com> - 2012-01-10 06:22 -0800
          Re: Atomic integer array class question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2012-01-10 06:52 -0800
          Re: Atomic integer array class question Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2012-01-10 07:17 -0800
          Re: Atomic integer array class question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2012-01-10 07:43 -0800
          Re: Atomic integer array class question markspace <-@.> - 2012-01-10 08:37 -0800

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