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It's not a misnomer, it's just a bad term of art. When it was coined folks were well aware that atomics locked at the CPU level.
by DannyBee 3y ago
It's not a misnomer, it's just a bad term of art. When it was coined folks were well aware that atomics locked at the CPU level.
- mrcode007 3y ago“In discussing the question, he used to liken the case to that of the boy who, when asked how many legs his calf would have if he called its tail a leg, replied, ” Five,” to which the prompt response was made that calling the tail a leg would not make it a leg.”
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