Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Volatile keyword Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:55:10 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <41fa02ff-3f20-41bc-90d9-c3f7d3651fbf@n6g2000vbg.googlegroups.com> Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: Z2l1DcCELS0rATq8NqV4Sw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:10676 On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:51:41 -0800 (PST), "raphfrk@gmail.com" wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : >Does this make all read/writes happen in full. for the short answer see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/volatile.html for the long answer see http://mindprod.com/jgloss/thread.html and click the link to Goetz's book with the three high speed trains on the cover. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com For me, the appeal of computer programming is that even though I am quite a klutz, I can still produce something, in a sense perfect, because the computer gives me as many chances as I please to get it right.