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Re:CX: Wait-Free Universal Construction by banachtarski on Thursday November 07, 2019 @05:06PM (#21477823)
Maybe not but I can count on one hand the number of times I've truly needed that property. Compare to a try-lock or a timed lock for example.
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Re:CX: Wait-Free Universal Construction by wrl on Thursday November 07, 2019 @09:12PM (#21479463)
In soft/firm/hard real-time, we can't use mutexes at all. Lock/wait-free is our bread and butter.
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Re:CX: Wait-Free Universal Construction by banachtarski on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:03AM (#21480446)
Did you mean to include "soft" there? And I've never heard of "firm" real time.
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