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Re: Finding the declaring class of a _Jv_Field


Andrew Haley wrote:
>  > http://www.cs.umd.edu/~pugh/java/memoryModel/jsr.html
> 
> Interesting doc.  Does anyone believe
> 
> "A primary concern is the ability of unsophisticated programmers to
>      create reliable/correct multithreaded programs."

No, but I guess it depends on what he means by "unsophisticated".  You might say
casual programmers (competent, but not expert) should be able to use threads. 
(I still hesitate to make that claim, knowing fully how dangerous threads can
be.)

His real objection is that several leading industry experts (including people at
Sun) didn't really understand Java's memory model either.  I agree that's a
problem.

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Jeff Sturm
jeff.sturm@commerceone.com

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