永远的风

This month’s Effective Concurrency column, “Eliminate False Sharing”, is now live on DDJ’s website.

People keep writing asking me about my previous mentions of false sharing, even debating whether it’s really a problem. So this month I decided to treat it in depth, including:

A compelling and realistic example where just changing a couple of lines to remove [...]

Seen at a gas station:

You know your UI has usability issues when people tape multiple signs on your gas pump to help people get through the intricate and error-prone process of purchasing fuel.

Why does the upper note exist? The trouble is that there’s a Debit button but not a Credit button, and so since Credit [...]