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0 pointsgroundzeros20154mo ago0 comments

> C++ doesn’t have program-level thread safety by construction

It does. It’s called a process.

Everyone chose convenience and micro-benchmarks by choosing threads instead.

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"Thread truther" is not one of the arguments I had on the bingo card for this conversation.

I guessed as much. I’m not alone - there is a whole chapter on this topic in “The art of UNIX programming”.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

0 pointsgroundzeros20154mo ago0 comments

> C++ doesn’t have program-level thread safety by construction

It does. It’s called a process.

Everyone chose convenience and micro-benchmarks by choosing threads instead.

"Thread truther" is not one of the arguments I had on the bingo card for this conversation.

I guessed as much. I’m not alone - there is a whole chapter on this topic in “The art of UNIX programming”.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse