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From: nagle@animats.com (John Nagle)
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Subject: Re: Memory Models
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billclare3@aol.com wrote:
>   There has been a fair amount of discussion about a memory model for
> C++, paralleling that for Java in JSR-166. In particular, see:
>   Memory model for multithreaded C++: Issues
>   Document Number: WG21/N1777=J16/05-0037
>   Date: 2005-03-04
> and also notes from Hans Boehm at:
> http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/c++mm/.
> 
>   There is some recent discussion of this on
> "comp.lang.c++.moderated" under the topic "Memory Models."  The
> moderator there has suggested that the topic might be more on topic for
> this newsgroup.
> 
>   The suggested approach here is based on the premise that a
> generalized "compare-and-swap" is an appropriate abstraction 

    Note that the "suggested approach here" is that of billclare3@aol.com,
not Hans Boehm.  Boehm's paper does not mention compare and swap.

				John Nagle

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