Re: [boost] win32 mutex and condition variable algorithms

From: Peter Dimov (pdimov_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-09-19 11:56:57

Peter Dimov wrote:

> This is what CRITICAL_SECTIONs do, and I recall being told by
> Alexander Terekhov that it is suboptimal (threads take the slow path
> when they could take the fast path). My tests with a contended queue
> seemed to prove him right.
> 
> Unfortunately, I can no longer find his post where he explained that
> with Google.

Here it is:

http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/boost/2122746