From: Robert Dober <robert.dober@...>
Date: 2006-04-21T20:10:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Threading example in FAQ 4.2 is slightly broken?

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On 4/21/06, Andy Gimblett <A.M.Gimblett@swansea.ac.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I just ran the example at the end of FAQ 4.2
>
>     http://www.rubycentral.com/faq/rubyfaq-4.html#ss4.2
>
> The FAQ text says this produces:
>
> > onetwo: : 00
> >
> > onetwo: : 11
> >
> > onetwo: : 33
>
> This confused me, so I ran the code and got:
>
> > one: 0
> > two: 0
> > one: 1
> > two: 1
> > one: 3
> > two: 3
>
> which made more sense.  OK, so thread scheduling is nondetermininistic
> and there's no mutual exclusion on stdout, so I can see how the output
> given in the FAQ entry _could_ happen - however, I think the version I
> saw demonstrates the FAQ's point more clearly.
>
> Who should I tell about this?  Raise a bug?  Or is raising the alarm
> hereabouts sufficient?  :-)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Andy
>
> --
> Andy Gimblett
> Computer Science Department
> University of Wales Swansea
> http://www.cs.swan.ac.uk/~csandy/
>
> Hmm why don't you drop a mail to the FAQ maintainer mailto:
dave@pragmaticprogrammer.com ?
Personally I fail to see the point of the example but that might just be
because I am tired.
Hope that helps
Robert
--
Deux choses sont infinies : l'univers et la b=EAtise humaine ; en ce qui
concerne l'univers, je n'en ai pas acquis la certitude absolue.

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