> No. A tutorial on memory consistency models would be too long > to insert here. I don't know of a good online resource, does > anyone? > > Andrei This was very helpful for me - focuses much more on the memory model itself than the c++11 part. http://channel9.msdn.com/Shows/Going+Deep/Cpp-and-Beyond-2012-Herb-Sutter-atomic-Weapons-1-of-2