From: "Bartosz DziewoƄski" Date: 2012-06-11T01:51:10+09:00 Subject: Re: Is "a,b=c,d" atomic? or do I need a Mutex? It is atomic on MRI. It may or may not be on other interpreters, if you care about them. (But probably should be as an element of the syntax.) Array#<< may or may not be atomic as well. (It is on MRI.) -- Matma Rex