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Randy Brukardt wrote:
> 
> I think that depends on how coupled the application is. For instance, my
> spam filter has message tokens that move throughout the system, and the only
> synchronized containers needed are the queues for those tokens. Each task is
> waiting on a specific queue, operates on the token it receives, and then
> puts the token back on a particular queue. No multi-access needed here. I
> wrote the queues manually, but I probably would have used a protected
> container if one was available.

I know of concurrent real-time systems that have used 
PragmARC.Queue_Bounded_Blocking, and concurrent non-real-time systems 
that have used PragmARC.Queue_Unbounded_Blocking, successfully. These 
are basically unprotected queues wrapped in a protected type.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"You cheesy lot of second-hand electric donkey-bottom biters."
Monty Python & the Holy Grail
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