Re: volatile and 2 processor

Chris M. Thomasson wrote:

> Sometimes you need volatile for 
> "certain" things in multi-threaded applications; for instance, the
following 
> loop:
> 
> 
> static atomicword g_running = 1;
> 
> while (g_running) {
> }
> 
> 
> might never terminate if `g_running' was not declared as volatile...

Alternately, you could use locks or barriers and the volatile would not 
be necessary.

Chris