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[ale] Computer Architecture class?

On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 9:09 PM, Leam Hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Ed, thanks!
>
> I'm reading http://www.joelonsoftware.com/**articles/fog0000000043.html<http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html>and it is giving me some ideas as well. I have yet to learn assembler, but
> I have a lot to learn. My real goal is to do something I enjoy. I can
> assure you, unlocking user accounts is not on that list...
>

Eh?  The locking I was talking about is this kind:

  Boyd - Non-Scalable Locks are Dangerous
  http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.261.196

  Craig - Building FIFO and Priority-Queueing Spin Locks from Atomic Swap
  http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.38.7889

-- 
  Ed Cashin <ecashin at noserose.net>
  http://noserose.net/e/
  http://www.coraid.com/
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