> To swap two values, you usually do:
>
> | var1 var2 temp |
>
> temp := var1.
> var1 := var2.
> var2 := temp.
>
> But since its non-atomic, a process can be interrupted and such operation
> is not thread-safe.

As far as I know the VM only preempts on back-jumps and message sends.
None of that exists in your code snipped, so it should be atomic. No?

Lukas

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