At 03:13 PM 25/03/2004 -0800, Thomas Wang wrote:
> > Strong interpretation:
> > There is a happens-before (or release/acquire) relationship from
> > each write to each latter read of that volatile.
> >
> > Weak interpretation:
> > There is a happens-before (or release/acquire) relationship from
> > each write to each latter read of that volatile that sees that write.
>
>I examined the requirement of the strong interpretation. It seems the strong
>interpretation could be too strict. It almost required volatile writes
>to be made visible immediately, with infinite speed.
Or at least that volatile writes and reads occur in a total order - which
they are already required to do.
Sylvia.
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