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by pizlonator 2672 days ago
Every Turing complete primitive makes it possible to get an incorrect result. Every Turing complete primitive inevitably generates bugs. That’s the reality. Singling our threads because they also obey that basic law of computer science is a little selective, don’t you think?

I understand what the thing they call “fearless concurrency” is. And I will repeat again: it’s skittish concurrency. It’s for fearful people.