a simple race condition and how you'd solve it

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

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?

        Gadi.


-- 
Gadi Evron,
ge () linuxbox org.

Blog: http://gevron.livejournal.com/

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