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authorAlexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>2013-01-31 05:09:25 +0000
committerAlexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org>2013-01-31 05:09:25 +0000
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-This package provides semi-portable access to hardware provided
-atomic memory operations. These might allow you to write code:
+This package provides semi-portable access to hardware provided atomic memory
+operations. These might allow you to write code:
-- That does more interesting things in signal handlers.
-- Makes more effective use of multiprocessors by allowing you to write
- clever lock-free code. Note that such code is very difficult to get
- right, and will unavoidably be less portable than lock-based code. It
- is also not always faster than lock-based code. But it may occasionally
- be a large performance win.
-- To experiment with new and much better thread programming paradigms, etc.
+ - That does more interesting things in signal handlers
+ - Makes more effective use of multiprocessors by allowing you to write
+ clever lock-free code. Note that such code is very difficult to get
+ right, and will unavoidably be less portable than lock-based code. It
+ is also not always faster than lock-based code. But it may occasionally
+ be a large performance win
+ - To experiment with new and much better thread programming paradigms, etc.
-For details and licensing restrictions see the files in the doc
-subdirectory.
+For details and licensing restrictions see the files in the doc subdirectory.
WWW: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/