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They are not too complex for "languages intended for dilettante developers": they can (and should) use sequential consistency or locks everywhere.

• voidnullnil 5y ago
  How many programmers do you know put locks around polling varibles for seemingly no reason (as they are not cognizant of the memory model)?
  • pjmlp 5y ago
    Well, while it may appear gatekeeping, maybe those dilettante developers should be using something else instead, like BASIC?
    • formerly_proven 5y ago
      CPython has a pleasant memory model from what I've heard :)
    • eternalban 5y ago
      Aha. The other day you were arguing for education as a silver bullet /g
      • pjmlp 5y ago
        Were I? So here is my argument, maybe those developers should bother to actually learn about what they are trying to do in first place.