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Strong rec Sharlin · 2020-10 · on “Swift Atomics”

If you’re prepared and willing to learn much more about atomic operations than you ever thought you would, there’s no substitute to Herb Sutter’s classic talk ”atomic<> Weapons” from C++ And Beyond 2012 [1]. [1] [this video]

Strong rec NobodyNada · 2023-11 · on “C++ Memory Model: Migrating from x86 to ARM”

For a more in depth introduction to the topic with a lot of practical code examples, I highly recommend Herb Sutter’s excellent talk: Part 1 [this video] Part 2 [LINK]

Strong rec zevv · 2024-05 · on “Making Sense of Acquire-Release Semantics”

Well written article, nice and to the point. Do recommend. Decades ago I declared myself too stupid to use shared memory with threading; I have learned to avoid this whenever possible, or abstract away the memory access under a safe layer as soon as possible. One of the greatest decisions of my career. Memory model semantics is one of the parts of systems programming that is generally poorly understood; I have had long discussions with senior programmers who have spent their careers carelessly threading their code without realizing what is happening under the hood. Not only did some of them not properly understand the acquire/release model, but they were not even aware of its existence. For

Strong rec chc4 · 2024-08 · on “Rust Atomics and Locks (2023)”

"Is Parallel Programming Hard, And, If So, What Can You Do About It?" is one of the best books about atomics and concurrency, and my #2 recommendation. [LINK] My #1 actually isn't a book at all, but the two "atomic Weapons" talks by Herb Sutter, which are extremely good. [this video] [LINK]

Recommends Sharlin · 2022-08 · on “C++ Concurrency Model on x86 for Dummies (2020)”

For a somewhat less "for dummies" treatment of the C++ memory model, see Herb Sutter's classic talk "atomic<> Weapons" [1]. [1] [this video]