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tmoran@acm.org wrote:
> Is there some code around for a hash table that allows multiple tasks
> to do simultaneous lookup?

I think you might be able to get part way by consulting the original
Booch components.

Grady Booch's book "Software Components in Ada" takes pains to describe
tasking semantics, defining terms "concurrent," "guarded", "multiple"
etc.
(My book is a kilomile from me these days, so details are elsewhere.)

What's more, the components don't declare a hash table - at least not
directly and obviously.  But maybe there's something useful there.
Part way at best.

John Woodruff
retired software engineer