should pure functions accept/deal with shared data?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 6/6/12 6:01 PM, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote:
> (At this point, I probably don't need to point out how x86-biased and
> unportable shared is.....)

I confess I'll need that spelled out. How is shared biased towards x86 
and nonportable?

Thanks,

Andrei