Thoughts on Concurrency

Thoughts on concurrency Some programmers, when confronted with a problem, think: “I know, I’ll use regular expressions.” And now they have two problems. Some programmers, when confronted with a problem, think: “I know, I’ll use floating point arithmetic.” And now they have 1.999999999999997 problems, Some programmers, when confronted with a problem, think: “I know, I’ll use threads.” And now they problems, have two Some programmers, when confronted with a concurrency problem, think: “I know, I’ll use locks.” And now they have two pr

A photographed presentation slide lists programmers’ increasingly questionable solutions to concurrency problems: regular expressions, floating-point arithmetic, threads, and locks. The joke riffs on the programming aphorism that solving a problem with regular expressions creates two problems, while floating-point arithmetic introduces numerical imprecision and concurrency tools create more concurrency problems. It is shared as a reaction to overcomplicated or bug-prone software solutions.

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