From: "Jeffrey R.Carter" <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.acm.org.not>
Subject: Re: Is a Boolean type inherently atomic ?
Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 14:53:24 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u3lcs5$1f7e7$1@dont-email.me> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <u3lap0$1hvas$1@dont-email.me>
On 2023-05-12 14:17, Rod Kay wrote:
> Surely only the least significant bit of the least significant byte is
> relevant and so the value cannot be garbled by one task writing and another
> reading at the same time ?
Boolean types with other representations using multiple bits are possible, so
your assumption doesn't hold.
--
Jeff Carter
"Many times we're given rhymes that are quite unsingable."
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
57
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-12 12:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-05-12 12:17 Is a Boolean type inherently atomic ? Rod Kay
2023-05-12 12:53 ` Jeffrey R.Carter [this message]
2023-05-12 16:56 ` J-P. Rosen
2023-05-12 17:38 ` Niklas Holsti
2023-05-12 18:02 ` AdaMagica
2023-05-13 0:28 ` Rod Kay
replies disabled
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox