Good morning!

Ankit Jain ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) schrieb:
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> hi
>
> what is spin lock?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin_lock

aka "busy waiting". A thread is polling <something> until <something> says
"ok" and the thread continues working.

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> thanks
>
> ankit

Have fun,
Robin

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