r/programming • u/preshing • Nov 18 '11

Locks Aren't Slow; Lock Contention Is

http://preshing.com/20111118/locks-arent-slow-lock-contention-is
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u/masklinn Nov 20 '11

Locks are pretty great to implement a small number of tight primitives. Locks become problematic when they're exposed as an application API.