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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Lock-Free stack in Ada SPARK
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 09:22:22 +0100
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On 12/02/2017 23:25, Robert Eachus wrote:

> I see some dangerous thinking going on here.
[...]

Why? Actually when cores are cheap lock-free approach becomes preferable 
or the only way, e.g. in the case of a distributed system.

Regarding locks priorities, yes, it is IMO the easiest approach to 
prevent deadlocks, but it also introduces a danger of priority inversion.

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