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<LI><em>From</em>: Greg Miller &lt;<A HREF="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</A>&gt;</LI>
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cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA wrote:
&gt; sometimes &gt; 32 bits, these can work atomically. Unless you know the
&gt; specifics, however, and want your software to not be readily portable to
&gt; other CPU variants (even other I32's!), don't assume anything.

Indeed. If you're on win32, use the Interlocked...() family of functions
if you have a good reason to use static/global data. If you don't have
functions of that sort, write them--and be very aware of the high cost
of such functions, and the much higher cost of using mutexes to simulate
them.
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00793" HREF="msg00793.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Embedded languages, object persistance... ack.</A></strong>, 
cg <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Thu 30 Dec 1999, 05:09 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00782" HREF="msg00782.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...)</A></strong>, 
cg <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Fri 24 Dec 1999, 19:03 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00787" HREF="msg00787.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...)</A></strong>, 
Hans-Henrik Staerfeldt <a href="mailto:hhs#cbs,dtu.dk">hhs#cbs,dtu.dk</a>, Tue 28 Dec 1999, 16:05 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00788" HREF="msg00788.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...)</A></strong>, 
cg <a href="mailto:cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA">cg#ami-cg,GraySage.Edmonton.AB.CA</a>, Tue 28 Dec 1999, 17:44 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00789" HREF="msg00789.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Two threads forced to one CPU? (was: Collecting ideas for a MUD server...)</A></strong>, 
Greg Miller <a href="mailto:gmiller#classic-games,com">gmiller#classic-games,com</a>, Wed 29 Dec 1999, 17:00 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00770" HREF="msg00770.html">[MUD-Dev] Re: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #237 - 9 msgs</A></strong>, 
Dr. Cat <a href="mailto:cat#realtime,net">cat#realtime,net</a>, Thu 23 Dec 1999, 17:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00783" HREF="msg00783.html">Re: [MUD-Dev] Re: MUD-Dev digest, Vol 1 #237 - 9 msgs</A></strong>, 
J C Lawrence <a href="mailto:claw#kanga,nu">claw#kanga,nu</a>, Fri 24 Dec 1999, 20:13 GMT
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<LI><strong><A NAME="00747" HREF="msg00747.html">[MUD-Dev] Job Openings - Mud Engineering</A></strong>, 
Christopher Allen <a href="mailto:ChristopherA#Skotos,net">ChristopherA#Skotos,net</a>, Thu 23 Dec 1999, 01:53 GMT
<LI><strong><A NAME="00723" HREF="msg00723.html">[MUD-Dev] re: Originality/Points of Reference</A></strong>, 
Ian Klimon, Esq. <a href="mailto:ian#aephirsden,com">ian#aephirsden,com</a>, Wed 22 Dec 1999, 18:57 GMT
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