"Roy T. Fielding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Likewise, even a mid-update
> > > context
> > > switch doesn't matter for a variable that is only incremented/decremented.
> >
> > only if the variable is used for an approximation :)
>
> I said only one writer.
Well, you certainly know how to interpret what you write and I
certainly didn't :)
> All variables are an approximation -- cosmic rays can change the value as
> well, with only a slightly smaller probability than mid-increment time
> slices in a non-test system.
hmmm... I've seen many fixes needed for several instruction sequences
which did not handle being interrupted (i.e. broken serialization);
unclear how many of the unrepeatable bugs are due to cosmic rays...
as a programmer I wouldn't want to assume that any of them
are... certainly the customers I'm familiar with would not accept that
as an answer :)
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