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From: Keith Bierman <khbkhb@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:48 PM, N.M. Maclaren <nmm1@cam.ac.uk> wrote:

> (b) whether it is reasonably efficiently
> implementable without special hardware or operating system support.
>

Why is it necessary that the feature be reasonably efficiently
implementable without OS and/or HW support? Floating point arithmetic isn't
usable without special hardware. Why should atomic memory operations be
"efficient" without adequate support


Keith Bierman
khbkhb@gmail.com
kbiermank AIM
303 997 2749

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 2:48 PM, N.M. Maclaren <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:nmm1@cam.ac.uk" target=3D"_blank">nmm1@cam.ac.uk</a>&gt;</span>=
 wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p=
x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div id=3D":92i" class=3D"a3s" style=3D"over=
flow:hidden">(b) whether it is reasonably efficiently<br>
implementable without special hardware or operating system support.</div></=
blockquote></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:geor=
gia,serif;color:rgb(102,51,255)">Why is it necessary that the feature be re=
asonably efficiently implementable without OS and/or HW support? Floating p=
oint arithmetic isn&#39;t usable without special hardware. Why should atomi=
c memory operations be &quot;efficient&quot; without adequate support</div>

<br><br clear=3D"all"><div>Keith Bierman<br><a href=3D"mailto:khbkhb@gmail.=
com">khbkhb@gmail.com</a><br>kbiermank AIM<br>303 997 2749</div>
</div></div>

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