Re: [HACKERS] Lockfree hashtables

2008-12-31 Thread Jonah H. Harris
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Stephen R. van den Berg wrote: > The other day I bumped into some ideas about lockfree hashtables. > Are these of any use in PostgreSQL? Lock-free and wait-free algorithms have been used in various databases, but most people tend to shy away from them because of

[HACKERS] Lockfree hashtables

2008-12-31 Thread Stephen R. van den Berg
The other day I bumped into some ideas about lockfree hashtables. Are these of any use in PostgreSQL? http://blogs.azulsystems.com/cliff/2007/03/a_nonblocking_h.html http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2139967204534450862 -- Sincerely, Stephen R. van den Berg. "I hate spinach, and