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> Representing it as a "state machine" it would still have only 2 states. Open and closed. No. There are lots of "open" states with different counter values. T

> Representing it as a "state machine" it would still have only 2 states. Open and closed. No. There are lots of "open" states with different counter values. That you choose to call them all "open" and not observe the differences doesn't change this. It sounds like you've never studied state machines, so I recommend reading up on them; here's a starting point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(computer_science)#Finite_state_machines https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_(computer_science)#Finit... > It's only been there since 2004 and is named the same in C# No it's not... where did you get this? C# has CountdownEvent and Barrier. It's not called "latch". And, for that matter, OpenMP also has #pragma omp barrier since 1998... https://www.openmp.org/wp-content/uploads/cspec10.pdf#page=26 https://www.openmp.org/wp-content/uploads/cspec10.pdf#page=2... There's no point continuing this argument so let's just leave it here.

vips7L 6y ago
> There's no point continuing this argument so let's just leave it here. Yeah cause you're insufferable.
- dang 6y ago
  Ouch, please don't cross into personal attack, regardless of how annoying another comment is or you feel it is! We ban accounts that do that. Fortunately your comment history looks like a good one otherwise. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.
dang 6y ago
Please avoid swipes in your comments like "It sounds like you've never studied state machines", "where did you get this?" and "There's no point continuing this argument so let's just leave it here". They invariably land with much more force on the other person than you intend, and this leads to much worse threads. It's easy to understand see how this post would turn into a provocation. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

vips7L 6y ago

> There's no point continuing this argument so let's just leave it here. Yeah cause you're insufferable.

dang 6y ago
Ouch, please don't cross into personal attack, regardless of how annoying another comment is or you feel it is! We ban accounts that do that. Fortunately your comment history looks like a good one otherwise. If you wouldn't mind reviewing https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and sticking to the rules when posting here, we'd be grateful.

dang 6y ago

Please avoid swipes in your comments like "It sounds like you've never studied state machines", "where did you get this?" and "There's no point continuing this argument so let's just leave it here". They invariably land with much more force on the other person than you intend, and this leads to much worse threads. It's easy to understand see how this post would turn into a provocation. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html