Quotes of the week
The *worst* kinds of bugs are exactly the ones where the code makes
sense and works locally, but then the combination of two or three
pieces of code that are individually sensible ends up not working
for some crazy non-transitivity reason. That really is not
something that people can cope with.
— Linus Torvalds
Indeed, a memory model defined solely by litmus tests would qualify
as an exotic form of torture.
— Paul McKenneyThe LWN site is currently under high scraper load, so comment display has been suppressed for anonymous users. If you are a human, you may read the comments by clicking the button below:
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