./devel/libatomic_ops, Multi-platform library of atomic operations by Hans Boehm

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Branch: pkgsrc-2009Q3, Version: 20081024nb3, Package name: libatomic_ops-20081024nb3, Maintainer: pkgsrc-users

This package provides semi-portable access to hardware provided
atomic memory operations. These might allow you to write code:

- That does more interesting things in signal handlers.
- Makes more effective use of multiprocessors by allowing you to write
clever lock-free code. Note that such code is very difficult to get
right, and will unavoidably be less portable than lock-based code. It
is also not always faster than lock-based code. But it may occasionally
be a large performance win.
- To experiment with new and much better thread programming paradigms, etc.

As the latest code for this library is only available via CVS, this package
provides a snapshot.

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SHA1: 70dcc68c89ea8ce8b8e6c936ea337eca31f13662
RMD160: a9194631fafc2d4ce68cea93dbc212d7212cab13
Filesize: 188.866 KB

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