On 8/26/2012 11:15, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
> On 26/08/2012 05:45 PM, Darren New wrote:
>> (*) Yes, they would be, because a specific functionality built into the
>> compiler and language are going to be simpler than a hand-crafted
>> library in source code trying to provide the same functionality on top
>> of a generic base.
>
> This is really the central thing I disagree with.
>
> STM is implementable as an external 3rd party library. (I have personally
> done this.) And yet, it works beautifully.

OK, now without changing the interface, make it work across process address 
space boundaries. Make it work with machines across the network.

> Just because something isn't hard-wired, doesn't mean it has to work badly
> or be hard to use.

No. But just because it's simple and elegant doesn't mean it's easy to use, 
either.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "Oh no! We're out of code juice!"
   "Don't panic. There's beans and filters
    in the cabinet."

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