Does it mean no one is using them? I do not think so. Even Win32 API has it
(SList).
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According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-blocking_synchronization,
wait-free algorithms (what you're asking for) are rare in research and
in practice, because of the overhead associated with them.
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On 4/13/07, Alex Ivanoff <[EMAIL PROTEC
I looked at a couple of lock-free collection implementations (Richter's
PowerThreading Library, Lock-free LIFO Stack
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/07/05/CLRInsideOut/default.aspx#S7
, etc.) based on InterlockedCompareExchange. All of them have potential of
going into infinite loop in Pus
