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A more usable API for a mutable thread safe collection
In my last post we discussed the problems with designing a safer API for mutable thread safe collections that employ only an internal locking system. The result was an API that was more difficult to mess up, yet pretty much unusable. Lets take a look Read More...

Posted Monday, February 16, 2009 8:00 AM by Jared Parsons | 17 Comments

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Why are thread safe collections so hard?
Writing a collection which is mutable, thread safe and usable is an extremely difficult process. At least that’s what you’ve likely been told all through your schooling. But then you get out on the web and see a multitude of thread safe lists, maps and Read More...

Posted Wednesday, February 11, 2009 8:00 AM by Jared Parsons | 52 Comments

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