[boost] Re: [Threads] Much faster try_mutex on Windows NT

From: Alexander Terekhov (terekhov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-03-25 06:28:50

Beman Dawes wrote:
[...]
> Hoare 

http://research.microsoft.com/~thoare

>       has been knighted, the only programmer that I know of to gain 
> that honor.

Well, just a few months ago MS Software Architect (typical programming 
job, oder? ;-) ) Mr. Gates has been awarded a Knighthood (KBE of "a 
Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire") 
by Her Majesty the Queen. MS is full of knights, you know. ;-) ;-)

regards,
alexander.