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|    Chris M. Thomasson to Chris M. Thomasson    |
|    Re: Variable-length instructions    |
|    29 Dec 25 17:03:49    |
      From: chris.m.thomasson.1@gmail.com              On 12/28/2025 2:20 PM, Chris M. Thomasson wrote:       [...]       > Fwiw, I noticed that a certain compiler was implementing LOCK XADD with       > a LOCK CMPXCHG loop and got a little pissed. Had to tell them about it:       >       > read all when you get some free time to burn:       >       > https://forum.pellesc.de/index.php?topic=7167.msg27217#msg27217              Using LOCK CMPXCHG (strong) we can directly implement state machines.       Using weak CAS aka LL/SC, well, not so easy because of the damn spurious       failures.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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