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Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free()

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Tiib writes:

> On Saturday, 11 January 2020 08:48:50 UTC+2, Tim Rentsch  wrote:

[...]

>> I recommend, especially for people for whom English is not their
>> first language, consulting a dictionary (or better, more than one)
>> whenever there is any question about what a word means or whether
>> a particular word is a good choice in a particular situation.  I
>> routinely consult dictionaries when questions like this come up
>> (yes, even though English is my first language).
>
> I can communicate in 4 languages and so am convinced that words
> mean nothing in essence.  Word may be used in one meaning in one
> language in totally different meaning in other language and never
> used in any meaning in third language.  Meaning is what people
> wanted to express with those.
> Online English encyclopedia just documents with cites that certain
> words are used by certain people to express something and so these
> words have that meaning.  In C++ standard these words are not used
> to mean anything and so can not cause confusion with slang of C++.

When your aim is to communicate with people while speaking (or
writing) English, it's almost always better to use words in the
way that they are likely to be most commonly understood.  Using
dictionaries is good for this purpose, precisely because it is
widely accepted (at least in English speaking cultures) that they
provide good and fairly reliably authoritative information.  In
short, using dictionaries is good because everyone knows to
consult them.

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Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2019-11-28 15:39 -0800
  Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2019-11-28 16:33 -0800
    Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-01-10 22:48 -0800
      Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-11 00:24 -0800
        Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-01-14 07:16 -0800
          Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2020-01-14 08:55 -0800
            Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2020-01-21 02:01 -0800
              Re: std::atomic<T>::is_lock_free() James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-01-21 06:00 -0800

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