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I don't understand how this is a race condition, but I might need to check my old undergrad textbooks though. Props for the quirkyness, though! :>
by spoils19 5y ago
I don't understand how this is a race condition, but I might need to check my old undergrad textbooks though. Props for the quirkyness, though! :>
- KMag 5y agoA pregnancy doesn't show up on a pregnancy test (a read operation) until after implantation and enough fetal growth to significantly impact the mother's hormone levels. So, there was a write (fertilization) followed by a read (pregnancy test) without any synchronizing operation. The pre-op pregnancy test missed the pregnancy because of the race between the read and the write.