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Re: [Code-Crunchers] a simple race condition and how you'd solve it
From: silky <michaelslists () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2009 11:01:34 +1000
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Gadi Evron<ge () linuxbox org> wrote:
A friend recently demonstrated on his blog a simple race condition he encountered. He also challenged folks to solve the problem. http://www.algorithm.co.il/blogs/index.php/programming/a-simple-race-condition/ There's an interesting discussion in the comments which is worth a quick read. Also, maybe someone here will come up with a cuter idea?
Posted my proposed solution in the comments, but will probably take a while to be moderated. Basically, you just need to check if you should still be computing, and, at the end of computation, if your data is still "wanted".
Gadi. -- Gadi Evron, ge () linuxbox org. Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/
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