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Re:Common Pitfalls in Writing Lock-Free Algorithms on Thursday March 28, 2013 @03:49AM (#5453713)
"to me lock free means an algorithm where both producers and consumers have to only ever access one single atomic value"

Well it may mean that to you, but unfortunately it doesn't mean that to anyone else.

Lock free has a precise definition. If you don't know what it is, why get involved in this discussion?