> From: Leon Rosenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Performance tricks with multiple tomcat instances > > In particular, assignment to variables of any type except > long or double is atomic.
Note this is _assignment_ not arithmetic. Depending on the capabilities of the underlying hardware (and the cleverness of whichever JIT your JVM uses), even a simple incrementation may not be atomic. Such an action may require a memory read, addition within the CPU, and a memory write; preemption may occur between the read and write, causing the results of the incrementation to be questionable if not synchronized. - Chuck THIS COMMUNICATION MAY CONTAIN CONFIDENTIAL AND/OR OTHERWISE PROPRIETARY MATERIAL and is thus for use only by the intended recipient. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the e-mail and its attachments from all computers. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]