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> 'atomic' isn't uncuttable Well then it's a pretty bad name no? Considering what the word atomic means.
by overgard 5y ago
> 'atomic' isn't uncuttable
Well then it's a pretty bad name no? Considering what the word atomic means.
- jcelerier 5y agoDid you even read the post you're replying to. "Uncuttable" can apply to multiple properties of an instruction's execution - "atomic" colloquially refers to one of these properties. You seem to want "atomic" to mean "the data that corresponds to the instruction cannot be divided" but it means "the execution of the instruction cannot be divided", those aren't the same thing.
- burnished 5y agoThe four hardest problems in computer science are cache invalidation, naming stuff, and off by one errors. Please accept that your understanding was flawed and have empathy for the people who named stuff.