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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Memory ordering
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anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) writes:

> jseigh <jseigh_es00@xemaps.com> writes:
>
>> Anybody doing that sort of programming, i.e. lock-free or distributed
>> algorithms, who can't handle weakly consistent memory models, shouldn't
>> be doing that sort of programming in the first place.
>
> Do you have any argument that supports this claim.

It isn't a claim, just an opinion.