>From time to time Shmuel makes a seminal, crucial contribution; and

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the point remains that the user of a synchronization facility needs to
understand the rules and should not expect interoperability between
unrelated facilities, e.g., latches and semaphores.
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is one of them.

This thread has been a sort of celebration of misconceived expectations.

John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA

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