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|    Chris M. Thomasson to Chris M. Thomasson    |
|    Re: Memory ordering (Re: Multi-precision    |
|    12 Dec 25 14:47:50    |
      From: chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com              On 12/12/2025 2:37 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:       > On 12/8/2025 12:06 PM, MitchAlsup wrote:       [...]       > People would bend over backwards to get a DCAS, or NCAS. It would be       > infested with strange indirection ala d"escriptors", and involved a shit       > load of atomic RMW's. CAS, DWCAS, XCHG and XADD can get a lot done.              I am trying to convey that a lot of neat algos do not even need the       fancy DCAS, NCAS.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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