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That sounds an awful lot like some bus contention schemes from the late 70s/80s. It's been a while since my grad class that covered that though, so I can't prov
by pnathan 15y ago
That sounds an awful lot like some bus contention schemes from the late 70s/80s. It's been a while since my grad class that covered that though, so I can't provide any citations.
I notice that we're still stuck in that time period insofar as real software innovations, sigh.
- mattgreenrocks 15y agoIt's also used in lock-free algorithms nowadays. I remember being delighted by it when I first read about it. Rather than assume contention, it just deals with it only when it comes up. A refreshing change of mindset.