Re: [tlug] Just curious... how much impact does a kernel update make?

[Edward Middleton <emiddleton@example.com>]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Shirley, you jest.  Economists know better than to advocate silver
> bullets.
>   

> My point is simply that STM is an examples that suggests that people
> are starting to get a handle on "what really is going on here", and my
> bet is that within a couple of years that will result in a solution
> that deserves to go into kernels, even if its not universally
> applicable.
>   

I guess the point is, your money is on STM work leading to newer and
better primitives, I wonder whether it will just lead to people using
existing primitives more effectively.

Edward