Sunday, February 24, 2013

The new memory model in C11 (and C++11)

This one just blew me away, C11 is coming, and its going to have Atomic operations similar to Java, but it will have a memory model that is highly configurable.
If you have no idea what this is about, then take a look at this truly deep (and awesome) presentation in two parts:


If you are still puzzled, don't worry, you're not alone ;)
... but read this link here to shed some light on the subject:
http://en.cppreference.com/w/c/atomic/memory_order

In summary, C11 is scary, but highly promising!

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