Advanced Topics in Programming Languages Series: C++ Threads (The future of C++ and threading)

[Craig Black]

"janderson" <askme at me.com> wrote in message 
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> http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3528799355371049884&hl=en

Wow!  Looks like they are actually making significant progress with the C++ 
standard.  It sounds like it will take a while before this stuff is 
implemented in C++ compilers though.

I wonder how D's current features compare with this new C++ standard.  For 
example, how does the synchronized variable in D compare to an atomic 
variable in C++ 0x.  Does D use lock-free techniques when they are 
available?  I know that there are some provisions for lock-free stuff in 
Tango, but it the synchronize keyword should support lock-free algorithms 
when available.

-Craig