On Wednesday, 31 May 2023 19:55:38 PDT Phil Bouchard wrote:
> > You didn't address my point, that this simple solution required a mutex
> > and
> > reasoning what the critical section span should be. How is this any
> > different, let alone safer, from what we already have?
>
> My reasoning is:
> - This brings parallel programming to a higher level of abstraction (the
> definition of intelligence actually);
> - It prevents the whole planet from reinventing the wheel;
> - This *removes* race conditions, it can't add any runtime bugs in any way.

How? It's no different than using a mutex, because it is using a mutex. So if
it is not different, how is it better?

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